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Man Struggling with an Ox

Giovanni Francesco Costa · c. 1747

Palette

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Artist

Giovanni Francesco Costa
1711–1773

Date

c. 1747

Type

Print

Medium

etching, hand-colored with watercolor, on laid paper

Size

plate: 20.9 × 29.4 cm (8 1/4 × 11 9/16 in.)

Place

Italian

Period

18th century

Main colour

Gold & ochre · lightness 73, colourfulness 16

National Gallery of Art, Washington, New Century Fund. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1773: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1844. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules