The Zingara, also known as the Egyptian woman. Etching by G. Scotin after R. Dalton, 1745.
- Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.
- Date:
- 27 May 1745
- Reference:
- 663735i
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Description
The sculpture known as the "Zingara", formerly also as the "Egyptian woman", of which two versions exist, both from the Villa Borghese, one later in Versailles: Haskell and Penny, loc. cit. In the etching the woman points upwards with her left hand and downwards with her right hand
Publication/Creation
[London] : Publish'd according to act of Parliament [by R. Dalton?], 27 May 1745.
Physical description
1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 54 x 31.4 cm
Lettering
Mulier egyptia, ex villa borghensi. R. Dalton del. ; G. Scotin sculp. To S.r Hugh Smithson Bart this plate is humbly inscribed by his most humble servant R. Dalton
References note
F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique, the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 339-341, no. 95 (do not mention this print)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 663735i
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Copy 1
Location Status Access Closed storesalbum of etchings by R. Dalton after ancient sculptures in Italy
Location Status Access Closed stores