The Siege of Tortona, or The Thirst of the People of Tortona (La Costanza dei tortonesi)

Provenance

Private collection, Italy; (Lullo-Pampoulides, London); purchased 2018 by NGA.

The Siege of Tortona, or The Thirst of the People of Tortona (La Costanza dei tortonesi)

Gastaldi, Andrea

1866-1867

Accession Number

2018.176.1

Medium

charcoal, black crayon, and white chalk on dark cream, machine-made wove paper, laid down on board

Dimensions

sheet: 193 × 173 cm (76 × 68 1/8 in.) (approximate dimensions; object framed)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund