Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)after Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–81)
Title:
Rinaldo et Armida
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 1/2in. (26.7 x 21.6cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Angelica Kauffman pinxt. | Publish'd July 2d.1785, by A. Poggi."; lettered, lower right: "F. Bartolozzi Sculp. | Genusine. Libta. Co.XIV. Sa.LXVIII. | No.7 St. Georges Row, Oxford Turnpike."; lettered, lower center: "Di ligustri, di gigli, e della rose | Le quai fiorian per quelle Piaggie amene, | Con nov'arte conquinte, indi compose | Lente ma tenacissime catene."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection