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La Vivandiere à la Greque: P.1938-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

La Vivandiere à la Greque
Mascarade à la Greque

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bossi, Benigno
Draughtsman: Petitot, Ennemond Alexandre (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Place(s) associated

  • Venice

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1771

School or Style

Italian

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper ( ?)
Plate Height 266 mm Width 185 mm
Sheet Height 270 mm Width 187 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 2
  • Location: Plate upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number
  • Text: Chevr. E. A. Petitot inv.
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Gravè par Benigno Bossi
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: La Vivandiere à la Grecque
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Inscription present: Crowned shield with initials below [illegible]

  • Type: Watermark

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1938-1991
Primary reference Number: 94554
Nagler (Künstler-Lexicon): p. 73

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "La Vivandiere à la Greque" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/94554 Accessed: 2024-04-18 22:41:09

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