The Naval Battle of Meloria
Giovanni David
1743–90
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite
Dimensions
13-7/16 x 20-15/16 in. (34.2 x 53.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1988
Accession Number
1988.254
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
BattlesNavyMenBoats
About the Artist
Giovanni David · 1749–1790
Giovanni David (1743–1790) was a Genoese painter and etcher whose brief career, shaped by distinguished patronage and wide-ranging travel, produced a body of work remarkable for its experimental verve. Born in Genoa, he came under the protection of Count Giacomo Durazzo, a cultivated Genoese nobleman and diplomat who became the defining figure of his artistic life. Durazzo sponsored David's traini...