First Idea of Design

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Francesco Bartolozzi

Title

First Idea of Design

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1747–1815

Medium

Etching with touches of drypoint heightened with brush and gray wash, on cream wove paper, tipped onto cream wove paper

Dimensions

9.9 × 12.2 cm (3 15/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.2241

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