Francesco Bartolozzi and Giovanni Battista Cipriani
Minerva and the Muses
1746-1814
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Stipple engraving, 151 × 247 mm. (5 15/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.6532
Margins
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore
Inscribed: In lower margin at right "F. Bartolozzi Sculpsit." In lower margin at left "G. B. Cipriani. Pinxit." In lower margin in center, the title. Below, "From the Original Picture in the Collection of Sir Thos. Dundas. Bart." In lower margin in center, just below engraved surface "Publish'd June 2 d 1788 by John and Josiah Boydell. No. 90, Cheapside, London."
Markings: Claghorn stamp on back
Artist
Giovanni Battista Cipriani
1726–1784
Italian, 1727-1785; active in Britian
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