Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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.
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Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609–1664) — Fete o
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804) — Figures Flu
Giuseppe Salviati (Giuseppe Porta, called Il Salviati)|Nicco
Jean Jacques Lagrenée — Scène de Sacrifice (Antique Sacrific
Salvator Rosa — Apollo and the Cumaean Sibyl
Enea Vico|Francesco Angeloni|Battista Franco|Philippe Thomas
John Hamilton Mortimer|Sir Joshua Reynolds — Tragedy, from "
Jean Jacques Lagrenée — La Toilette de Vénus (The Toilet of 
Philippe Louis Parizeau|Louis Félix de La Rue — Ancient Sacr
Enea Vico|Francesco Angeloni|Battista Franco|Philippe Thomas
François Hutin — Giving Drink to the Thirsty
Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) — Holy Family with Saint J
