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David Carritt

British, active 1971

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Pier Leone Ghezzi, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/1755, pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper mounted on album page, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1997.107.1

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Pier Leone Ghezzi · 1750/1755 · pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper mounted on album page ·  Accession ID  1997.107.1

Gaetano Gandolfi, Orpheus and Eurydice, 1802, black and white chalk on tan laid paper, Gift of David E. Rust, 2006.138.1

Orpheus and Eurydice

Gaetano Gandolfi · 1802 · black and white chalk on tan laid paper ·  Accession ID  2006.138.1

This painting shows four people on a wide landscape. The leftmost person has light skin and wears a vibrant red cloak, a yellow tunic, and a helmet with a blue plume. They hold a long wooden rod and look towards the people on the right. Next to them is a person with light skin wearing a flowing garment of white and blue with gold details and a blue helmet with a gold rim. They hold a large circular silver shield with gold rim. On the other side of a boulder and two small trees are two mostly nude female figures with light skin and long, braided hair. Next to them, below the trees, is a white bench covered with fruit and an ornate pitcher. One of the women stands, partially covered by white fabric, and holds up a flowing golden cloth. The other woman sits by the edge of a blue pool with blue and gold fabric underneath her, holding an apple and looking towards the two people on the left. A small black dog stands between the two groups. In the background, a wide blue sky stretches in the distance, covered with soft clouds. The landscape is mostly a blue-green color, with some small flowers in white, red, and pink. Small white buildings and columns are visible in the distance on the left, and on the right a white castle with a golden dome sits at the top of a while hill.
Gian Antonio Guardi, Francesco Guardi, Carlo and Ubaldo Resisting the Enchantments of Armida's Nymphs, 1750/1755, oil on canvas, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1964.21.1

Carlo and Ubaldo Resisting the Enchantments of Armida's Nymphs

Gian Antonio Guardi, Francesco Guardi · 1750/1755 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1964.21.1

This painting shows a group of people engaged in various activities within a wide green landscape. In the background are distant white-and-blue mountains and a blue sky with soft gray clouds. Near the center is a distant white building with a pointed roof. Closer to us, on the left, a bearded man sits near a wooden structure on the far left. Near the bottom left corner, a black goat and a white sheep sit beside the man. One child stands in the wooden structure, while three other children are in the center of the painting, sitting together on the ground. To the right, a person in flowing attire stands beside a white horse, holding a plumed helmet in one hand and the horse's reins in the other. There is a tall brown tree on the right, behind the person with the horse. The people all have pale skin and wear clothes in shades of yellow, pink, blue, red, brown, and white, contrasting with the blues and greens of the sky and distant landscape.
Francesco Guardi, Gian Antonio Guardi, Erminia and the Shepherds, 1750/1755, oil on canvas, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1964.21.2

Erminia and the Shepherds

Francesco Guardi, Gian Antonio Guardi · 1750/1755 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1964.21.2