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David Reclining with the Head of Goliath

A work made of etching on off-white laid paper.

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  • A work made of etching on off-white laid paper.

Date:

1720s

Artist:

Pietro Rotari (Italian, 1707-1762)
after Antonio Balestra (Italian, 1666-1740)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Conte Pietro Antonio Rotari

Title

David Reclining with the Head of Goliath

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

c. 1720–1730

Medium

Etching on off-white laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered lower left: "A. B in" and lower right: "Pietro Rotari F."

Dimensions

Plate: 7.5 × 10.2 cm (3 × 4 1/16 in.); sheet: 9.2 × 11.9 cm (3 5/8 × 4 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2024.683

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