Raphael Morghen
Visiting Card of Senator Bartolini
1789-1799
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Raphael Morghen
Visiting Card of Senator Bartolini
1789-1799
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 114 × 145 mm. (4 1/2 × 5 11/16 in.)
Plate: 97 × 126 mm. (3 13/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
Image: 82 × 109 mm. (3 1/4 × 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2024
Visiting card for Senator Bartolini, with a figure of Fame with a trumpet pointing to his crest and name with a view of Florence in the background in 1790s.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; T. Harrison Garrett (L. 2435b), by purchase; James L. Claghorn (L. 555c) by purchase.
Palmerini, Niccolo. "Opere d'intaglio del cav. Raffaello Morghen" (Florence: Presso Niccolo Pagni, 1824): cat. 178.
Le Blanc, Charles. "Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des gravures toutes les nations[...]" (Paris: Emile Bouillon, 1854-1888): vol. 3, cat. 121.
Halsey, Frederic Robert. "Raphael Morghen's engraved works, being a descriptive catalogue" (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885): cat. 22.
Le Blanc, Charles. "Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des gravures toutes les nations[...]" (Paris: Emile Bouillon, 1854-1888): vol. 3, cat. 121.
Halsey, Frederic Robert. "Raphael Morghen's engraved works, being a descriptive catalogue" (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1885): cat. 22.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In graphite "203" VERSO: In graphite "12559 bis/ 7366 [enclosed in a diamond]/ 37/ H"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
