About the Artwork
Sofonisba Angusciola, Painter
between 1723 and 1810
Sofonisba Anguissola (Artist) Italian, 1532 - 1625 William Baillie (Artist) English, 1723-1810
Mezzotint and engraving printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 14 1/8 × 9 7/8 inches (35.9 × 25.1 cm) Sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 1/8 inches (36.2 × 25.7 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S37
Public Domain
Markings
Signed, in plate, lower right corner: WB [artist's monogram]
Inscribed, in plate, center bottom margin: SOFONISBA ANGUSCIOLA PITTRICE' | Di cui Van Dyk ebbe a dire, avere ricevuto piu Lume' nella pittura da una | CIE CA, che dal suo Maestro. - Vide Vasari Inscribed, lower right: Ipsa pinxit
Provenance
Oct. 1886, sale, (C. A. Henriques).1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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William Baillie; Sofonisba Anguissola, Sofonisba Angusciola, Painter, between 1723 and 1810, mezzotint and engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S37.
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