Giovanna Francesca Antonia Guiseppe Zanerini called Baccelli (d.1801) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)
John Raphael Smith (Derby 1752 – Worcester 1812)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1783
Materials
Paper
Measurements
500 x 340 mm
Collection
Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 979880
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Giovanna Francesca Antonia Guiseppe Zanerini called Baccelli (d.1801) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) by John Raphael Smith (Derby 1752 – Worcester 1812). Published 1783. Portrait of Giovanna Bacelli famous dancer and mistress of the 3rd Duke of Dorset. Half length in a painted oval holding a mask in her right hand. Vine leaves in her hair.
Marks and inscriptions
117/3 over 28 (on reverse)
Makers and roles
John Raphael Smith (Derby 1752 – Worcester 1812), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist John Raphael Smith (Derby 1752 – Worcester 1812), engraver and publisher