A Collection of Prints after the Sketches and Drawings of the late Celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Esqr R.A.

1789

Giovanni Battista Cipriani (after artist); John & Josiah Boydell (publishers); Richard Earlom, Katharina Prestel, Francesco Bartolozzi, Thomas Kirk, and Francis Legat (printmakers);

Associated Names
Richard Earlom

Artist, British, 1743 - 1822

Maria Catharina Prestel

Artist, German, 1747 - 1794

Francesco Bartolozzi

Artist, Florentine, 1727 - 1815

Thomas Kirk

Artist, British, probably 1765 - 1797

Francis Legat

Artist, Scottish, 1755 - 1809

John Boydell

Publisher, British, 1719 - 1804

Josiah Boydell

Publisher, British, 1752 - 1817

Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Artist After, Italian, 1727 - 1785

The image depicts two figures. The woman is sitting, with one knee bent and the other foot on the ground. She has delicate facial features and curly hair styled back. She is wearing a flowing garment that leaves one shoulder exposed. The child stands beside her, reaching towards her with one hand holding a bundle of wheat. The child is unclothed. The woman holds a sickle in her right hand. The background is simple and circular, with decorative borders.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    Bound volume with letterpress title page and content page, portrait of Giovanni Battista Cipriani (stipple by Richard Earlom after John Francis Rigaud), and 50 mixed intaglio prints in brown, red, and black (by Richard Earlom, Maria Catharina Prestel, Francesco Bartolozzi, Thomas Kirk, and Francis Legat after Giovanni Battista Cipriani)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William Robertson Coe

  • Dimensions

    book: 51.5 × 34.5 × 25 cm (20 1/4 × 13 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1956.4.17


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2021

  • Hoisington, Rena. Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya. Washington, 2021: 187, fig. 10.


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