Genius and Beauty

Francesco Bartolozzi Italian

After Giovanni Battista Cipriani Italian

Publisher Torre & Co. British

September 15, 1782

Not on view

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Title: Genius and Beauty
Artist: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
Artist: After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, Florence 1727–1785 Hammersmith (active London))
Publisher: Torre & Co. (British, active 1760–99)
Date: September 15, 1782
Medium: Etching and stipple engraving, printed in brown ink; fourth state
Dimensions: Plate: 9 × 10 15/16 in. (22.9 × 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 12 1/2 in. (25.3 × 31.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
Object Number: 42.119.71
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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