[Bacchus; a classical cameo][Plate 13.]
[G.B. Cipriani. F. Bartolozzi.]
[London, c.1781-1791.]
Stipple and etching printed in brown ink on india paper, 270 x 210mm. 10½ x 8¼". Light spotting.
Bust of Bacchus, looking up towards top right; in an oval medallion. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani's (1727 - 1785) study for 'Gemmarum antiquarum delectus: ex præstantioribus desumptus, quæ in Dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis conservantur (Marlborough gems)'; a two volume folio of antiquities in the collection of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough.
De Vesme 2320, I. See BL 139.h.3,4. 683.k.9,10.
[Ref: 21171] £75.00
[London, c.1781-1791.]
Stipple and etching printed in brown ink on india paper, 270 x 210mm. 10½ x 8¼". Light spotting.
Bust of Bacchus, looking up towards top right; in an oval medallion. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani's (1727 - 1785) study for 'Gemmarum antiquarum delectus: ex præstantioribus desumptus, quæ in Dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis conservantur (Marlborough gems)'; a two volume folio of antiquities in the collection of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough.
De Vesme 2320, I. See BL 139.h.3,4. 683.k.9,10.
[Ref: 21171] £75.00
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