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AFTER JOHN FRANCIS RIGAUD (1742-1810)
Agostino Carlini, Francesco Bartolozzi and Giovanni Battista Cipriani
published 5 Mar 1778RCIN 650661
The print reproduces a painting of the three Italian artists who had been among the founder members of the Royal Academy. Carlini is leaning on a sculpted head, one of the keystones that he was then carving for the external decoration of Somerset House. Bartolozzi holds his engraver's burin, and Cipriani is seated at a canvas on which is outlined a personification of Fame. The compatriots occupy each other's space with an easy familiarity.
No. 35
