| Method | Stipple |
| Artist | Robert Joseph Hixon after Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
| Published | London Engraved & Pubd. as the Act directs Jany. 1806 by R. Hixon. No. 355, Strand. |
| Dimensions | Image 255 x 193 mm, Sheet 372 x 305 mm |
| Notes |
A print depicting a female representation of painting. She is seen leaning on a canvas, looking over her left shoulder at the viewer. Her shoulder is exposed, with her covered in loose fitting drapery over her head and body. She is holding a fine paint brush in her right hand, with her left leaning on the canvas under her chin. Robert Joseph Hixon (c.1766-1834) was a British engraver and publisher. Born in London, Hixon is most known for his engravings after Thomas Rowlandson and Samuel Howitt. Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785) was an Italian painter, and the first exponent of Neoclassicism in England. He played an important part in directing eighteenth-century English artistic taste. His first lessons were given to him by a Florentine of English descent, Ignatius Hugford, and then under Anton Domenico Gabbiani. He was in Rome from 1750–1753, where he became acquainted with Sir William Chambers, the architect, and Joseph Wilton, the sculptor, whom he accompanied to England in August 1755. Condition: Crease to top left corner. Tears and creasing to sheet edges. Foxing and toning to sheet, mostly on edges. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £175.00 |
| Stock ID | 52313 |