Electra recognizes her father's ashes
Giovanni David
(Cabella, 1743 – Genova, 1790)
- Chalk and brown ink, brush and grey-beige wash
- 320 mm × 455 mm
The sheet belonged to a group of four drawings by the artist, identical in technique and size, three of which were on the market (1) and a fourth in a private collection and unpublished.
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(1). Sotheby’s, Londra, Old Master Drawngs, 4-7-2007, lot. 206
Sotheby’s, New York, Old Master Deawings, 23-1-2008, lot. 197
Porro, Milano, Dipinti e disegni antichi..26-5-2010, lot. 334
Literature Show/Hide
M. Newcome Schleier, Giovanni Grasso, Giovanni David, painter and engraver of the Durazzo family, Turin 2003
