Harlequin as a Painter, 1760

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series Title

Four Harlequin Subjects

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 41.8 × 29.2 cm (16 7/16 × 11 1/2 in.)

sheet: 42.1 × 29.4 cm (16 9/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Calabi and De Vesme 1928: no. 1339, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2018.154.1

Artists / Makers

Francesco Bartolozzi (artist) Florentine, 1727 - 1815

Giovanni Domenico Ferretti (artist after) Italian, 1692 - 1768

Joseph Wagner (publisher) German, 1706 - 1780

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Inscription

ower left in plate: Gio. Dom.co Ferretti inven.; lower right in plate: F. Bartolozzi Scul. Appo I. Wagner Ven.a C.P.E.S.; lower center in plate: Arlechin di Pittor posto all'ufficio / Tenta rittrar di bella Donna il volto, / Poscia per dimostrar ch'ella ha giudicio / Al mento aggiunge ispido pelo e folto; by later hand lower left in brown ink: No. 26-1; by later hand, verso in graphite: No. 1; 51/2

Provenance

(Susan Schulman Fine Art Inc., New York); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Schulman, Susan

Bibliography

1928: Calabi, Augusto, and Alessandro De Vesme. Francesco Bartolozzi. Milan, 1928: no.