Untitled (Madonna di San Sisto) from Elements of Drawings
Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, 1727 - 1815
after Francisco Vieira II, Portuguese, 1765 - 1805
1799
Etching and stipple engraving on paper
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 19 1/2 in. (37.5 × 49.6 cm)
Mount: 20 1/2 × 29 5/16 in. (52 × 74.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Jean and Adolph Weil Jr. 1935 Fund
2008.84.7
Publisher
F. Bartolozzi & J. Vendramini, London, England
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in plate, lower right: F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculps [curved upward]; titled, in plate, lower center: Taken from a celebrated Picture by Raphel, [sic] called the St. [t superscript] Sisto, now in the Gallery at Dresden.; inscribed, in plate, lower left: F. Vieira Portuensis inv. [curved downward]; inscribed, in plate, lower center: London Published as the Act directs August 1. 1799. by F.Bartolozzi & J.Vendramini; inscribed, in graphite, on mount, center left margin: 36-a [oriented vertically with left at top]; inscribed, in graphite, on mount, center right margin: 80 [oriented vertically with left at top]; inscribed, in ink, right lower margin: 70; inscribed, in graphite, on mount, lower right margin: Cal. 2031; stamped, in ink, on mount, lower left margin: 60 [oriented vertically with left at top]
Provenance
Collection of Prince of Liechtenstein; Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt, Germany; sold to present collection, 2008.
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