Doorway, Castle Nuovo, Naples
Primary Artist
Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)
Title
Reference
Mendelssohn (1987), 414
Work number
Queale bequest (1982), 703
Date made
1927
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
drypoint, printed in brown ink, from one plate
Matrix size
25.2 x 17.6 cm (plate-mark)
Support
thin wove paper
Support size
33.4 x 23.6 cm (sheet)
Manufacturers mark
no manufacturer's mark
State
3rdd state of 3; published state
Impression
?/100
Edition information
1st state, a few proofs; 2nd state, a few proofs; 3rd state edition of 100, plus proofs
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower left below image but within plate-mark in black pencil, 'Lindsay Lindsay'. no date. Titled lower centre at base of sheet [noe detached] in black pencil, 'A Door Castle Nuovo Naples'. Inscribed lower right below image but within plate-mark in black pencil, '100'.
Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work
Inscribed with Queale Bequest reference number verso lower right in black pencil, 703
Subject description
Old man sitting on steps of Castle Nuovo, Naples, Italy. The castle was built between 1279 and 1282 by order of Charles I of Anjou with later 'new' editions.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
93205
Accession number
83.965
Accession method
Bequest
Meeting
Meeting 10, 1982/83 (1983-05-09)
Provenance
Alan Queale, Brisbane. Bequeathed to the National Gallery of Australia by Alan Queale, Brisbane, 1982. Alan Queale Bequest accepted by the National Gallery of Australia, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Alan Queale, 1982.
Copyright
Courtesy of the National Library of Australia
Subject categories
Australia, Art style: Painter-etchers 1860s-1938 | Collection: The Alan Queale collection of Lionel Lindsay etchings and wood-engravings, acquired 1982.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
LINDSAY, Lionel | (1874–1961) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
08 Jan 2013