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Le Masque au Caffè
Giovanni David (Italian, 1749–1790)
1775
Medium/Technique
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
Sheet: 39 x 27.6 cm (15 3/8 x 10 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 23.9 x 16.6 cm (9 7/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 23.9 x 16.6 cm (9 7/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number1972.409
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Grasso (Schleier) I01a (second state, with aquatint); Le Blanc 14
DescriptionTitle-Page to the Divers Portraits. This set belonged to Girolomo Durazzo (his bookplate is on the inside front cover of the marbled paper portfolio containing the prints). David made portraits of members of the Durazzo family, among them Count Giacomo and his wife Ernestine née Weissenwolff.
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsRecto, bottom center of sheet, in pencil, "1"; recto, bottom right of sheet, in pencil, "12 stampe rtrsgnc / (71 7062/suresse)"
ProvenanceGirolamo Durazzo (1739-1809)(Genoese nobleman for whom the series was created)(his bookplate on inside front cover of folio); his descendants in Genoa; R.M. Light & Co., Inc., Boston; from whom purchased June 7, 1972