Erigone
Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727 – Lisbon 1815)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
circa 1786
Materials
Stipple engraving
Measurements
390 x 440 mm
Order this imageCollection
Basildon Park, Berkshire
NT 266590.4
Summary
Stipple engraving, Erigone, Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727 - Lisbon 1815) after Angelica Kauffman (Chur, present day Graubünden 1741 - Rome 1807), circa 1786. Oval print, one of a group of four, mounted and in moulded gilt frame, glazed. Erigone, reclining beneath a tree, feeding herself a cluster of grapes, with her father's tomb in the background.
Makers and roles
Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727 – Lisbon 1815), engraver (printmaker) Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807), artist