Fortune leaning on a globe with a humorous scene on steps above her
Maker
School of
(artist)
1560-1609
(etcher)
1727-1815
(artist)
1560-1609
(etcher)
1727-1815
Title
Fortune leaning on a globe with a humorous scene on steps above her
Date of Production
1765
Medium
etching and mezzotint
printed in brown
printed in brown
Dimensions
Height: 47.2 cm
Width: 31.8 cm
Width: 31.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.8171
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Literature
Wittkower, Rudolf, The drawings of the Carracci in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle, London, 1952
no. 539
Calabi, Augusto, Francesco Bartolozzi. Catalogue des estampes et notice biographique, Milan 1928
618.II
no. 539
Calabi, Augusto, Francesco Bartolozzi. Catalogue des estampes et notice biographique, Milan 1928
618.II
Inscriptions
Inscription: Anibale Caracci inv. //
Inscription: F. Bartolozzi Sculp.1765 //
Inscription: 33 //
Inscription: 2334 (539). / In Reverse. //
Inscription: An. CARRACCI //
Inscription: Windsor 2334 / Wittkower no / 539 //
Inscription: Fortune sitting, leaning on a Globe, with a / Humorous Subject above //
Inscription: F. Bartolozzi Sculp.1765 //
Inscription: 33 //
Inscription: 2334 (539). / In Reverse. //
Inscription: An. CARRACCI //
Inscription: Windsor 2334 / Wittkower no / 539 //
Inscription: Fortune sitting, leaning on a Globe, with a / Humorous Subject above //
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