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Hercules Approaching the Temple of Virtue

Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
After: Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian (Florentine), 1727–1785, active in London)
Published by: Joseph Edmondson (English, 1732–1786)
1764-1784

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 21.5 x 23.8 cm (8 7/16 x 9 3/8 in.)(trimmed within the image at the top, on the platemark at the right, irregularly on or just outside the platemark at the left, and with c. 1.5 mm margin at the bottom)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP10649
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné De Vesme/Calabi 1722, only state; Tuer 1487
Marks Verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, left, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897