Agrippina Landing at Brindisi with the Ashes of Germanicus, 1776

Not on View

Medium

mezzotint

Dimensions

plate: 53.6 x 71.1 cm (21 1/8 x 28 in.)

sheet: 55.4 x 73.4 cm (21 13/16 x 28 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Paul Mellon Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Le Blanc, no. 61

Accession Number

2001.96.4

Artists / Makers

Richard Earlom (artist) British, 1743 - 1822

Benjamin West (artist after) American, 1738 - 1820

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Painted by Benjamin West. / Historical painter to His Majesty; lower center in plate: Agrippina / Publish'd. July 1st, 1776 by John Boydell Cheapside London; lower right in plate: Engrav'd by Richard Earlom 1776; by later hand, lower right in graphite: M7 37; by later hand, lower left in graphite: P22955 LUB 61 i/ OHL / CLB; by later hand, upper left in graphite: 16

Provenance

Fürstenberg Collection, Donauschingen (characteristic buff card mount). Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (C. G. Boerner Limited, New York); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Artemis Fine Arts Inc.

Bibliography

1854: Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels

2001: C. G. Boerner Ltd. Mezzotints from the Collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd. London, 2001: no. 45.