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
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
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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