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Cameo Portrait of Metrodorus
Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
After: Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian (Florentine), 1727–1785, active in London)
After: Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian (Florentine), 1727–1785, active in London)
about 1790-1791
Medium/Technique
Etching and stipple engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11.9 x 8.8 cm (4 11/16 x 3 7/16 in.)(trimmed irregularly around the image)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP10812
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
De Vesme/Calabi 2309, indeterminate state (sheet is trimmed well within the platemark)
Marks
Verso, lower left-center, 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)
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897