The Cardsharps
Domenico Cunego, Italian, 1727 - 1803
Gavin Hamilton, Scottish, 1723 - 1798
after Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian, 1571 - 1610
1772; published 1800
Engraving and etching on wove paper
2nd edition, 1800 (1st edition, 1773)
Sheet: 25 × 17 in. (63.5 × 43.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Adelbert Ames Fine Arts Awards Fund
2009.40.40
Portfolio / Series Title
Number 40 of 40 from the album Schola Italica Picturea (Italian School of Painting)
Publisher
Gavin Hamilton, Rome
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Numbered, upper right, in plate: 40; inscribed, lower left, in plate: Michelangelo da Caravaggio pinxit; lower center: Lusores / Ludus enim genuit trepidum certamen, et iram: Ira truces inimicitias, et funebre bellum. Hor. I. Epist. 19. / E Tabula in Aedibus Berberinis Romae asservata; lower right: Johannes Volpato sculpsit Romae 1772.
Course History
CLST 7, The Idea of Rome, Margaret Williamson, Spring 2012
Provenance
Grosvenor Prints, London, England; sold to present collection, 2009.
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