Fatigue

fatigueGiovanni David (1743-1790), Le Perruquier fatigué, 1785. Etching and aquatint. Graphic Arts collection GC094 Italian Prints Collection

In 1775, the Italian painter and engraver Giovanni David (1743-1790) created a series of 12 prints he called Divers Portraits (Various Portraits). The Graphic Arts Collection holds two prints from the series. Pictured here is no. 12 Le Perruquier fatigué (The Tired Wigmaker), in the second state with aquatint added. Below the title is a line from the satires of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711), “Il change tous les jours d’esprit, comme de mode.”

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fatigue2See the wigmaker’s tools. Below is our second print from “Various Portraits,” The Woman of Palestrina.

davidGiovanni David (1743-1790), Femme de Palestrina, (Woman of Palestrina) from the series Divers Portraits [1785]. Etching and aquatint. Graphic Arts collection GC094 Italian Prints

See also: Mary Newcome-Schleier. Giovanni David: pittore e incisore della famiglia Durazzo. Torino: Artema, c2003. Marquand Library (SA) ND623.D3683 N48 2003