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Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), King Alboin Forcing Rosamund to Drink From The Skull of Her Murdered Father, Cunimund, King of the Gepids, 1779
- Title:
King Alboin Forcing Rosamund to Drink From The Skull of Her Murdered Father, Cunimund, King of the Gepids
- Former Title(s):
A King presenting a cup to a Queen who refuses to Drink "...storzata e vinta, / Dindi beveo pui Lagrime che Vino"
- Date:
- 1779
- Medium:
- Line engraving and stipple engraving
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "G. B. Cipriani inv."; lettered, lower right: "F. bartolozzi sculp.1779 | Publish'd as the Act directs Decr.20th.1779."; lettered, lower center: "....Storzata e vinta | Dindi beveo pui lagrime che vino."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.19821
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38239
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