Print made by William Baillie, 1723–1810, Irish, Portrait of Sofonisba Angusciola Pittrice, between 1761 and 1786
- Title:
Portrait of Sofonisba Angusciola Pittrice
- Additional Title(s):
Sofonisba Anguissola
- Date:
- between 1761 and 1786
- Medium:
- Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (36.9 x 26 cm), Plate: 14 1/16 x 9 15/16 inches (35.7 x 25.3 cm), Image: 12 5/8 x 9 15/16 inches (32 x 25.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, center: "Stale"; lower right: "#2748 | £ 5"
Lettered, lower center: "SOFONISBA ANGUSCIOLA PITTRICE' | Di cui Van Dyk ebbe a dire, avere ricevuto pu Lume nella pittura da una | CIECA, che dal suo Maestro. _ vide Vasari."; lower right: "Ipsa pinxit | WB"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Goodfriend in memory of Milton S. Goodfriend, M.D., transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.22
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arch | braids | collar | designs | dress | easel | gaze | lace | paintbrushes | painter | painting (visual work) | portrait | posing | self-portrait | woman | working
- Associated People:
- Anguisciola, Sofonisba (ca. 1535 - 1625), painter
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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