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A Sibyl Reading (Turkish Woman Reading)

Etcher Francesco Bartolozzi Italian
After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) Italian
Publisher John & Josiah Boydell British

1792–98

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Bartolozzi etched this image soon after he moved to England in 1764, as part of a group based on Guercino drawings owned by George III. The present impression was reissued by John and Josiah Boydell, after they acquired the plate from Richard Dalton in 1791-92.

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Title: A Sibyl Reading (Turkish Woman Reading)

Series/Portfolio: Eighty-two prints engraved by F. Bartolozzi, etc., from the original drawings of Guercino in the collection of His Majesty, vol. I

Etcher: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)

Artist: After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)

Publisher: John & Josiah Boydell (British, 1786–1804)

Date: 1792–98

Medium: Etching, printed in brown ink; second state of two (De Vesme & Calabi)

Dimensions: Sheet: 20 5/16 × 13 3/4 in. (51.6 × 35 cm)
Plate: 11 7/16 × 7 3/8 in. (29 × 18.8 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966

Accession Number: 66.659(20)

Chronology

Venice and Northern Italy, 1600-1800 A.D.

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