Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)after Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)Published by Antonio Poggi, active 1776–1781, Italian
Title:
Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches (21.3 x 23.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Mother of the Gracchi"; on back, lower center: "(IR31/2224); lower right, "II"; vertically along right edge of sheet: "Juer 1[?2]06"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.791
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
(story of) Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi | Cornelia produces her two young sons, Tiberius and Gaius S. Gracchus, to a Roman matron who had shown off her jewelry | virtue | religious and mythological subject | mother | tribunes (public officers) | sons | nobility | boy | Roman Empire | oval | gesture | man | patricians | women | family | servant | ornaments | column (architectural element) | costume | bench | jewelry | sandals | pendants (jewelry) | necklace | portrait | ancient