Rams Head Antiques has dated this piece to the Georgian era.
Francesco Bartolozzi RA was an Italian engraver born in Florence whose most productive period was spent in London where lived for nearly forty years. He produced an enormous number of engravings, including Clytie after Annibale Carracci, and of the Virgin and Child, after Carlo Dolci. A large proportion of them are from the works of Cipriani and Angelica Kauffman. Bartolozzi also contributed a number of plates to Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery. He also drew sketches of his own in red chalk. Soon after arriving in London, he was appointed 'Engraver to the King' with an annual salary of £300. He was elected a founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768, and in 1802 became the founding President of the short-lived Society of Engravers.
This is in a circular gilded frame that measures 34 cms in diameter.
Provenance: This was previously sold as part of the Stanstead Country House Sale at Sothebys in 1999.
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Rams Head Antiques has dated this piece to the Georgian era.
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Circular Regency Sepia Engraving Bartolozzi After Kauffman
