Allegory of Painting

Provenance

Eugene Kraemer; (his estate sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 5-6 May 1913, no. 1); Prince Giovannelli, Venice; Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955], Florence and Rome; sold 1933 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1939 to NGA.

Allegory of Painting

Carriera, Rosalba

1730s

Accession Number

1939.1.136

Medium

pastel and red chalk on blue laid paper mounted on canvas (on strainer)

Dimensions

overall: 44.3 × 34.1 cm (17 7/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection