Francesco Bartolozzi and Giovanni Battista Cipriani
Tragic Muse
1746-1814
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Physical Qualities
Stipple engraving, Image (oval): 99 × 79 mm. (3 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.6552
Engraved surface in oval, wide margins
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore
Inscribed: In lower margin, at right, just below engraved surface, "F. Bartolozzi Sculpt." In lower margin in center, "Tragic Muse." Lower at bottom of plate "London Published Febv. 1st 1784. by J. Matthews No. 438 Strand"
Markings: Claghorn stamp on back
Artist
Giovanni Battista Cipriani
1726–1784
Italian, 1727-1785; active in Britian
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