Five people on a terrace above steps, with a dog; the personification of fortune below; representing proverbs (?). Etching and mezzotint by F. Bartolozzi after Annibale Carracci.

  • Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.
Date:
[1765]
Reference:
2497884i
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Description

At the top of the steps a small child hands an onion up to an old woman who receives it with a smile. Behind them, three laughing men look on: one (right) is playing a trick with a cup and balls. Left, an arch and a building with a tower

Publication/Creation

[London] : [Boydell], [1765]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with mezzotint tone, printed in buff ; platemark 49 x 34.7 cm

Lettering

Anibale Caracci inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1765

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2497884i

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