Richard Purcell (fl. c. 1746-c. 1768), after Titian (1489/90-1576)

Antique print, mezzotint | Young woman in profile, published ca. 1750, 1 p.

Name: Antique print, mezzotint | Young woman in profile, published ca. 1750, 1 p.
SKU: PR121491
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A young woman shown almost half-length directed slightly to right, looking towards the viewer, hair dressed up with two plaits over the crown of her head, and a coil loose over right shoulder, pearl earrings, and wearing a square-necked gown with heavy puffed sleeves decorated with bows, a long necklace and a light scarf hanging over right shoulder.

Inscribed at bottom: Done from an Original Picture of Titians by Chas. Corbutt. / London Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No. 53, in Fleet Street.

On verso an inscription in pen and brown ink.

According to the British Museum, Richard Purcell’s London prints are possibly entirely piracies of other mezzotints, and it is a question how he and Sayer avoided prosecution for copyright infringement. This doubtless explains his use of pseudonyms, especially “Charles Corbutt”. Another pseudonym may have been Johson.

[NL] Een jonge vrouw op bijna halve lengte, iets naar rechts gericht, kijkend naar de kijker, haar opgestoken met twee vlechten over de kruin van haar hoofd en een rol los over de rechterschouder, pareloorbellen, en het dragen van een japon met vierkante hals met zware pofmouwen versierd met strikken, een lange halsketting en een lichte sjaal hangend over de rechterschouder.

SKU: PR121491

Mezzotint on paper with small margins; total: 336 x 238 mm; traces of previous mountings on verso, some repaired tears, light smudges, overall in fair condition.

€ 242,00 (€ 200,00 ex. btw)

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