Signora Casentini Borghi in the Character of la Bella Pescatrice

January 20, 1792
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Object Information
  • Title: Signora Casentini Borghi in the Character of la Bella Pescatrice
  • Engraver: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
  • Artist: After Pierre Nöel Violet (French, 1749–1819)
  • Publisher: Mariano Bovi (Italian, Scilla, Reggio di Calabria 1757–1813 Messina)
  • Sitter: Anna Casentini Borghi (Italian, active 1787–96)
  • Date: January 20, 1792
  • Medium: Stipple engraving and etching; third state of four
  • Dimensions: image: 8 x 5 15/16 in. (20.3 x 15.1 cm)
    sheet: 9 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (23.3 x 19.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.756-2021
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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