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Virtue Crowning Nobility

Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
After: Francesco Fontebasso (Italian, 1707–1769)
Published by: Joseph (Giuseppe) Wagner (German, worked in Venice, 1706–1780)
1762

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 43.1 x 32.9 cm (16 15/16 x 12 15/16 in.)(with 2 mm margin at the bottom; trimmed on or within the platemark at the top and sides)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP10500
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné de Vesme/Calabi 0739, only state; apparently not in Tuer
Marks Verso, bottom center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, bottom center, 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