Object details
Object number
1.1.o.4
Creator(s)
Title
Genius and Beauty
Date
1782
Medium
Stipple engraving and etching in red ink
Dimensions
20.5 x 24.1 cm (8 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Etched (lower left): G.B. Cipriani Invt.
Etched (lower right): F. Bartolozzi Sculpt. 1782
Etched (lower center): GENIUS and BEAUTY / GENIUS describing BEAUTY and Cupid dictating HIM / Pubd. as the Act directs Sepr. 15th. 1782 by A. Torre No. 44 Market Lane London / A Paris chez L'Torrè Porte St. Antoine A. P. D. R.
Inscribed in graphite (verso): 178 / thin margin / 20372 / 132 / FV / show mount / 2
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Frederick Keppel & Co., New York on 20 December 1884 for $11.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 128.
Gallery
Short Gallery
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