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Fortune leaning on a globe with a humorous scene on steps above her

Maker

School of
(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

Dimensions

Height: 47.2 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

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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

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 //

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