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| Id |
29792 |
| Category |
artwork |
| Author / Composer |
BARTOLOZZI, Francesco (1727-1815), engraver |
| Title |
Stipple engraving with some etching of Terpsichore playing the lyre with a cherub holding a torch. |
| Place |
[London] |
| Publisher |
Torre's Printseller, No.44 Market Lane, behind the Opera House |
| Publication Date |
May 31, 1779 |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
245 x 174mm.; platemark = 243 x 172mm. |
| Description |
Single sheet line engraving, printed in red/brown. The Muse is standing on a cloud playing the lyre, her head in profile to right, with putti holding flaming torch next to her, set withing an oval; after Cipriani. Apparently after a design drawn by Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785). |
| Reference |
Calabi & De Vesme, Francesco Bartolozzi: Catalogue des estampes et notice biographique d'après les manuscrits de A. De Vesme entièrement réformés et complétés d'une étude critique par A. Calabi (486.IV). |
| Price |
£240.00 |
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