Francesco d' Ageno

Francesco Bartolozzi|Thomas Gainsborough|Francesco d'Ageno|Richard Cosway

1785–90 · Etching and stipple engraving; second state of two · Drawings and Prints

Bartolozzi's print is based on a miniature by Cosway, the latter derived from an oil painting by Gainsborough. This second state appeared in "Prose e rime del Signor Francesco d'Ageno, ultimamente Ministro della Repubblica di Genova alla Corte della Gran Bretagna, raccolte e pubblicate da Girolamo Tonioli" (Prose and Verse by Francesco d'Ageno, lately minister of the Republic of Genoa to the court of Great Britain, edited by Girolama Tonioli), published London, 1790, by Dennett Jaques.

Artist

Francesco Bartolozzi|Thomas Gainsborough|Francesco d'Ageno|Richard Cosway

Date

1785–90

Medium

Etching and stipple engraving; second state of two

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917