Design for Ornate Mirror
Domenico Giannotti, Italian, active 1720 - 1729
1720s
Ink and wash on paper
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (41.3 × 30.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
D.984.4.2
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Label
This design for a large mirror includes annotations related to details of the construction techniques and materials for the frame. Unlike more highly finished presentation drawings that would highlight the final composition for a potential patron or customer, this drawing seems thoroughly practical, used to communicate within a workshop or from an artist in one media to a specialist in another.
From the 2024 exhibition Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 1400–1750, curated by Elizabeth Rice Mattison, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programming and Curator of European Art, and Ashley B. Offill, Curator of Collections
Course History
History 42.01, Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies 22.01, Gender & European Society, Patrick Meehan, Spring 2024
History 96.39, Saints and Relics, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2024
Italian 1.01, Introductory Italian I, Noemi Perego, Spring 2024
Italian 11.01, Intensive Italian, Floriana Ciniglia, Spring 2024
Italian 2.01, Introductory Italian II, Floriana Ciniglia, Spring 2024
Italian 3.01, Introductory Italian III, Tania Convertini, Spring 2024
Italian 3.02, Introductory Italian III, Giorgio Alberti, Spring 2024
German 13.01, Beyond Good and Evil, Heidi Denzel, Fall 2024
History 3.01, Europe in the Age of Wonder, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Fall 2024
Italian 1.02, Introductory Italian I, Floriana Ciniglia, Fall 2024
Italian 1.03, Introductory Italian I, Floriana Ciniglia, Fall 2024
Italian 1.01, Introductory Italian I, Floriana Ciniglia, Fall 2024
Italian 11.01, Intensive Italian, Matteo Gilebbi, Fall 2024
Italian 3.01, Introductory Italian III, Giorgio Alberti, Fall 2024
Italian 3.02, Introductory Italian III, Matteo Gilebbi, Fall 2024
History 42.01, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 22.01, Gender and European Society, Patrick Meehan, Winter 2025
History 44.02, Arts of Power, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Winter 2025
Italian 1.01, Introductory Italian I, Giorgio Alberti, Winter 2025
Italian 1.02, Introductory Italian I, Floriana Ciniglia, Winter 2025
Italian 2.01, Introductory Italian II, Giorgio Alberti, Winter 2025
Italian 2.02, Introductory Italian II, Naomi Perego, Winter 2025
Italian 3.01, Introductory Italian III, Floriana Ciniglia, Winter 2025
Conversations and Connections: "Living with Sculpture" with Living Sculptors, Summer 2024
Living with Sculpture Colloquium, Fall 2024
Facilitated Experience: Dartmouth Class of 1968 Tour, Fall 2024
Exhibition History
Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 1400–1750, Citrin Family Gallery and Engles Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 23, 2024–March 22, 2025.
Provenance
Yvonne French Gallery, London, England; sold to present collection, 1984.
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