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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), St. Cecilia, 1784
- Title:
St. Cecilia
- Additional Title(s):
Saint Cecilia
- Date:
- 1784
- Medium:
- Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 15/16 inches (30.8 x 22.7 cm), Plate: 8 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (21.9 x 19.1 cm), Image: 4 1/4 x 3 5/16 inches (10.8 x 8.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "1/"; on back, lower right: "Juer 1936 | (IR31/2217)"
Lettered in brown ink, along lower left outline of oval image: "Benjamin West inv."; along lower right outline of oval image: "F. Bartolozzi Sculpst."; lower center: "ST. CECILIA. | London. Published June 1st, 1784, by A : Poggi, No. 7, St. Georges Row, Hyde Park."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.786
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- Christianity | clouds | costume | dress | music | musical instrument | organ (aerophone) | oval | portrait | pulling | putto | religious and mythological subject | rope | sandals | shawl | woman
- Associated People:
- saint
St. Cecilia as patroness of music
St. Cecilia making music and/or singing - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41018
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