An Elegantly Dressed Woman Struggling with a Lion

Provenance

Henry Oppenheimer [1859-1932], London; (his sale, Christie's London, 10 July 1936, no. 90a); Bittner Collection; Janos Scholz [1903-1993], New York; Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw, New York, by 1960; (Yvonne Ffrench Gallery, London, 1968); Jacques Petit-Hory, Paris [1929-1992] (not in Lugt); (with Jean-Pierre Selz, Paris); Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Beverly Farms, MA; purchased 2008 by NGA.

An Elegantly Dressed Woman Struggling with a Lion

Guardi, Francesco

1780/1785

Accession Number

2008.42.1

Medium

pen and brown ink on blue paper with white heightening

Dimensions

sheet: 16.9 × 12.7 cm (6 5/8 × 5 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund