Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), Gualtherus and Griselda, 1784
- Title:
- Gualtherus and Griselda
- Additional Title(s):
Gualtieri and Griselda
Gualtieri and Grizzel- Date:
- 1784
- Materials & Techniques:
- Stipple engraving on medium, mdoerately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/4 × 9 5/16 inches (31.1 × 23.7 cm), Image: 10 3/8 × 8 3/8 inches (26.4 × 21.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower right: ". (s-shaped mark)"; in graphite, on back, lower right: "Pastorini sculpt | letter proof | Pastorini (erased) | JW"
Lettered in orange ink, along lower center outline of oval image: "Bartolozzi direxit."; lower center: "GUALTHERUS and GRISELDA. | Publish'd as the Act directs Decr. 1st. 1784 by Torre & Co. No. 28. Hay Market."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.678
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- barn | collar | costume | dog (animal) | dress | feathers | folklore | gazing | gesture | hat | hay | horses (animals) | jewelry | kneeling | lace | literary theme | men | obedience | oval | patience | portrait | stable | sword | The Decameron (Boccaccio) | woman
- Associated People:
- Griselda
Gualtherus
Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313–1375), author and poet - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40916
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