A Set of Etchings, by Francis Bartolozzi, R.A. in Imitation of Drawings from the Sketches of the late John Baptist Cipriani R.A.

1787-1788

Francesco Bartolozzi

Artist/publisher, Florentine, 1727 - 1815

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 6 etchings and engravings on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William Robertson Coe

  • Dimensions

    book: 26.2 × 42.2 × 0.4 cm (10 5/16 × 16 5/8 × 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1956.4.8

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Aldridge (bookplate)

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Bober, Jonathan. "Sull'attribuzione a Caravaggio dei disegni del Castello Sforzesco." Simone Peterzano e i disegni del Castello Sforzesco. Exh. cat. Castello Sforzesco, Milan, 2012: 69, fig. 7.

Inscriptions

printed on front cover: A SET OF ETCHINGS / BY FRANCIS BARTOLOZZI, R.A. / IN IMITATION OF DRAWINGS, / FROM THE / SKETCHES / OF THE LATE / JOHN BAPTIST CIPRIANI, R.A. / The PLATES contained in this Number consist of the following Subjects: / 1. NYMPHS BATHING / 2. A GROUP OF FIGURES REPRESENTING STUDY / 3. BACCHUS AND ARIADNE / 4. NYMPHS SPORTING / 5. A GROUP OF BOYS / 6. THE RAPE OF DEJANIRA."

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