Sacrifice
Giovanni David (Italian, 1743–1790)
1775–1776
- Medium
- etching and aquatint printed in black and brown, heightened with white gouache
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 24.2 x 17.6 cm (9 1/2 x 6 15/16 in.); Image: 22.7 x 16.1 cm (8 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
- Genre
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Italy, 18th century
About
David was the most intriguing Genoese print-maker of the 18th century. Like Francisco Goya, his Spanish contemporary, he was a very early practitioner of aquatint, a technique invented in France about 1765. David's free, painterly handling of this type of etching medium, which produces the effect of a wash, created subtle effects of light and atmosphere.
