Antique Master Print-PAINTING ALLEGORY-MUSE-Cipriani-Hixon-1806

Subject: Antique Master Print, titled: ”Painting [title not on sheet].” – A female allegory of painting.

Condition: Good, given age. Trimmed at or near plate marks. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Stipple engraving on wove (vellin type) paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 23 x 29.5 cm. The image size is ca. 19 x 25.2 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 9.1 x 11.6 inch. The image size is ca. 7.5 x 9.9 inch.

Part Number: 66522

Location: PCO-C3-07

Description: Published by Hixon. On a thick wove paper, possibly a later impression.

Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘R. Hixon’ after ‘C.B. Cipriani’. Robert Hixon (fl.1794-1817) was a British publisher, printer and printmaker. Giovanni Battista, also named Giuseppe Cipriani RA (1727-1785) was an Italian painter and engraver, who lived in England from 1755. His friend Francesco Bartolozzi engraved many of his designs.