Portrait of the Duchess of Buccleugh and Ornament, nos. CCCCXXXII, 433, 435, plate 66 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Artist and publisher Michelangelo Pergolesi Italian
 Sitter Elizabeth Scott, Duchess of Buccleugh British

Not on view

This design for a portrait surrounded by ornament is numbered CCCCXXXII, and 433, 435. The print comes from a group created and published serially in London by Pergolesi between 1777 and 1792. There is no title page, but a prospectus of ca. 1786 described the group as: "A great variety of original designs of vases, figures, medallions, friezes, pilasters, panels and other ornaments, in the Etruscan and grotesque style." The complete set contains 67 plates numbered 1-66 (two are numbered 56), with designs within the plates irregularly numbered 1-435 (in Roman numerals at first, with Arabic numbers later introduced). In 1801, after Pergolesi's death, four additional plates of designs were published by a bookseller Dulouchamp (or Dulonchamp).

Portrait of the Duchess of Buccleugh and Ornament, nos. CCCCXXXII, 433, 435, plate 66 from "Designs for Various Ornaments", Michelangelo Pergolesi (Italian, active from 1760–died 1801), Etching

This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Open Access

As part of the Met's Open Access policy, you can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes.

API

Public domain data for this object can also be accessed using the Met's Open Access API.