Air (after Giovanni Baptista Cipriani)
Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727 – Lisbon 1815)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, wood, paper
Measurements
305 mm (H); 355 mm (W); 184 mm (H); 210 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1251990
Summary
Print, oval engraving, Air (after Giovanni Baptista Cipriani) by Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727 – Lisbon 1815). 'Air', a scantly clad winged lady attended by two cherubs. A bird is sitting on one of her left fingertips. The cherub to the left holds a peacock while the other is emptying a can. In a gilt frame within a purple mount.
Marks and inscriptions
Publish'd by W. Palmer No 163 Strand Oct'r;1;1784. (printed just above bottom frame)
Makers and roles
Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727 – Lisbon 1815), engraver Giovanni Battista Cipriani, RA (Florence 1727 - London 1785), artist of the original