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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), Paris and Oenone, 1780
- Title:
- Paris and Oenone
- Additional Title(s):
- Paris and Oenone Carving their Names into a Tree
- Date:
- 1780
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 7/16 inches (30.2 x 24 cm), Plate: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches (24.4 x 19.4 cm), Image: 7 3/8 x 6 1/16 inches (18.7 x 15.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on front, lower left: "AV"; lower center: "Paris + Oenone"; inscribed in graphite, on back, "Juer 1541"
Lettered, brown ink, lower center left along picture: "Angelica Kauffman pinx.t"; lower center right along picture: "F. Bartolozzi Sculpsit."; lower center: "Published as the Act directs, May 4th 1780 by F. Bartolozzi, No. [...] Bentick Street."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.567
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- carving | carving | clasp | cloth | curls | etching (printing process) | forest | Greek | hair | lovers | man | mythology | nymph | Paris and Oenone carving their names in a tree | Paris and Oenone, the nymph | portrait | religious and mythological subject | woman | youth
- Associated People:
- Paris
Oenone - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40679
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