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A group of people playing cards at right and a man on horseback at left

1626–80
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A group of people playing cards at right and a man on horseback at left
  • Artist: Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (Italian, Bologna 1606–1680 Rome)
  • Date: 1626–80
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 12 3/4 × 18 1/16 in. (32.4 × 45.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.70.4(226)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Landscape with a brick factory in the middle ground, a standing man in the foreground points to the left as he faces a man lying on a rock, Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi  Italian, Etching
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
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Imaginary View of Venice, houses at left with figures on terraces, a domed church at center in the background, boats and boat-sheds below, and a seated man observing from a wall at right in the foreground, from "Views" (Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal), Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)  Italian, Etching; undivided plate, only state
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal)
Dedicatee Joseph Smith
1741
Trees, Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi  Italian, Pen, sepia ink and wash with white gouache heightening on blue paper
French artist in the circle of Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
Former Attribution Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
ca. 1650
The Genius of Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)  Italian, Etching
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)
Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi
Dedicatee Matthys van de Merwede, Lord of Clootwyck
ca. 1645–47 (published 1648)
View of Motrone Castle (before its demolition around 1692), Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi  Italian, Pen and brown ink over leadpoint
Attributed to Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
1606–80

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