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Bartolozzi etched this image soon after he moved to England in 1764, as part of a group based on Guercino drawings owned by George III. The present impression was reissued by John and Josiah Boydell, after they acquired the plate from Richard Dalton in 1791-92.
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Title: Cupid With His Dart in Flames (Cupid Burning his Bow and Arrow)
Series/Portfolio: Eighty-two prints engraved by F. Bartolozzi, etc., from the original drawings of Guercino in the collection of His Majesty, vol. I
Artist:
Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
Artist:
After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)
Publisher:
John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
Publisher:
Josiah Boydell (British, Hawarden, Flintshire 1752–1817 Middlesex)
Date: 1792–98
Medium: Etching, printed in brown ink; second state of two (De Vesme & Calabi)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 5/16 × 13 3/4 in. (51.6 × 35 cm)
Plate: 8 9/16 × 7 5/16 in. (21.8 × 18.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Object Number: 66.659(51)
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