A Nest of Cupids

Luigi Schiavonetti (Italian, 1765–1810)

J. Aspinall (English, active 1790–1803)

Anthony Molteno (active 1783–1830)

1803

Medium/TechniqueEtching and stipple engraving, printed in colors

DimensionsSheet: 34.2 x 43.8 cm (13 7/16 x 17 1/4 in.)
Platemark: 27.4 x 35.2 cm (10 13/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession numberP10998

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Description

This print has an engraved inscription in the lower right corner, "Engraved by F. Bartolozzi. R.A.". The British Museum has two impressions of this print, both of which are inscribed "Engraved by L. Schiavonetti", and which were published by Gaetano Bartolozzi in 1803. The print is not listed in the de Vesme/Calabi catalogue raisonné of Bartolozzi's prints.

InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, lower right, "Engraved by F. Bartolozzi. R.A."

ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897