Agrippina Landing at Brindisi with the Ashes of Germanicus

1776

Richard Earlom

Artist, British, 1743 - 1822

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    2001.96.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, no. 61

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

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

Watermarks

Dovecote

Wikidata ID

Q76355888

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