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Francesco Bartolozzi

The assassination of Amnon at the Feast of his half-brother, Absalom, 1764

Description

Maker

  • Francesco Bartolozzi, ca. 1725-1815, Italian
  • After Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino, 1591-1666, Italian

Title

The assassination of Amnon at the Feast of his half-brother, Absalom

Year

1764

Medium

pen and ink, wash technique and pencil on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wash technique,
  • pen and ink

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

20.3 x 28.9 cm (8 x 11 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed on the old mount: "28 Bartolozzi (crossed out in pen) Bartalozzi from Guercino".

Verso: inscribed in pen and ink: "Bartalozzi Delt. from the King's Guercino"

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

58.150B

About

This drawing is a copy after a drawing by Guercino now at Winsdor Castle (no. RCIN 902399). For the two prints for which this drawing and another RISD drawing (58.150A) are evidently studies see RISD Museum (58.150C and 58.150D).

Inscribed on the old mount: "28 Bartolozzi (crossed out in pen) Bartalozzi from Guercino".

Verso: inscribed in pen and ink: "Bartalozzi Delt. from the King's Guercino"

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Projects & Publications

Publications

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The English Eye

June 21 - September 1, 1991

Old Master Drawings

September 2 - October 16, 1983

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is The assassination of Amnon at the Feast of his half-brother, Absalom with the accession number of 58.150B. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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