Francesco Trevisani
Youth Assaulting a Girl: Ammon and Tamar
About this artwork
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artist:Francesco Trevisani (1656 - 1746) Italian
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title:Youth Assaulting a Girl: Ammon and Tamar
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Black chalk, heightened with white on paper
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measurements:26.80 x 36.70 cm
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object type:
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credit line:David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy on loan 1966
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accession number:RSA 131
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Francesco Trevisani
Francesco Trevisani
Trevisani was one of the most important painters working in Rome at the beginning of the eighteenth century. His father, who was an architect, taught him to draw before sending him to Venice to continue his artistic training. He remained there until around 1678 when he left for Rome. It was in 1696...