Artwork
La Servante (The Servant)
La Servante (The Servant) is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Giovanni David. It dates from 1775 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
- Inscription
- Inscribed:lower left in plate: David Gen. Inv: fecit.; lower center in plate: la Servante. / Travaillant à loisir, quelqu'ordre qui la preß e. Boil. Poet
- Markings
- Marked:none
About this work
Overview
La Servante (The Servant) is an etching and aquatint print created by Giovanni David in 1775 on laid paper.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a woman, identified as a servant by the title, holding a tray of fruit. She is dressed in old-fashioned attire, including a dark apron, striped dress, and headscarf, set against a backdrop of a garden with potted plants and a staircase.
Technique & Style
The artist employed a combination of fine lines and shading to render the subject's clothing and the surrounding environment, achieving a calm yet somewhat formal atmosphere through the use of etching and aquatint techniques.
Own this work as a print
Artist & collection
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Le Zendale (Woman in a Hood, or the Woman Returning from Church)
Le Perruquier fatigué (The Tired Wigmaker)
Gaspar Gribolari Brocanteur à Padoüe (Gaspar Gribolari, Secondhand Dealer in Padua)
Le Masque au caffé (The Masked Man Taking Coffee)
Le Paveur (The Road Paver)
Democritus
Exegi Monumentum (Art Inscribing Minerva's Shield)
