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A nest of Cupids

BARTOLOZZI, Francesco (Engraver)
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Details


Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 11078

Creation/Production

BARTOLOZZI, Francesco
Mezzotint engraver, one of the few to be a founder member of the RA (engravers were not able to become Academicians); he engraved the Guercino drawings at Windsor, and Holbein's portraits of the court of Henry VIII; also Cipriani and Kauffmann, popularising both these artists to the English eighteenth-century audience.
Role: Engraver

Acquisition

Found in collection

Measurements

h(cm) album:72.5
h(cm)
w(cm) album:57
w(cm)
h(in) album:30
h(in)
w(in) album:22 1/2
w(in)
h(cm) sheet size:44.5
h(cm)
w(cm) sheet size:59.6
w(cm)
h(cm) image size:21.9
h(cm)
w(cm) image size:30.4
w(cm)
h(cm) plate size:27.8
h(cm)
w(cm) plate size:35.4
w(cm)

Techniques

Stipple engraving
Engraving
Intaglio printing
Prints
Fine Art - works on paper

Material

Ink
Paper

Location

In store
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