Doorway, Castle Nuovo, Naples

Primary Artist

Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961)

Title

Doorway, Castle Nuovo, Naples

Reference

Mendelssohn (1987), 414

Date made

1927

Place made

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

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

3rd state of 3; published state

Impression

?/100

Edition information

1st state, 2 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 [now 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' additions.

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

19 Oct 2024