Sacrifice
Giovanni David (Italian, 1743–1790)
c. 1775–1776
Medium
etching and aquatint printed in black and brown, heightened with white gouache
Dimensions
image: 22.7 × 16.1 cm · sheet: 24.2 × 17.6 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1997.34
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.