Advanced Search
Requires Photography
Cupid with an Orb and Scepter
Possibly by: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
Published by: William Dickinson (English, 1746–1823)
Published by: William Dickinson (English, 1746–1823)
1785
Medium/Technique
Stipple engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11.7 x 8.4 cm (4 5/8 x 3 5/16 in.)(trimmed on or within the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP10791
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in De Vesme/Calabi
Marks
Verso, upper right-center, in pen and brown ink, an unidentified mark (not in Lugt); verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, upper right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, below the image, "Engravd by F. Bartolozzi" and at the bottom, "London. Publish'd May 25; 1785 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No 158 Bond Street."
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897