Mascarade à la Grecque: Title Page, Plate 1 (1771): Art, History and Details

Mascarade à la Grecque: Title Page, Plate 1 (1771) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Benigno Bossi (Italian, 1727–1792); Ennemond Alexandre Petitot (French, 1727-1801).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Literature: Berlin II, no. 475 (Berlin Staatlich Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39); Cohen-de Ricci 178 (livre rare); Guilmard p. 225, no. 29 First edition before the addition of the "Milano" on the title page

Object facts

• Title: Mascarade à la Grecque: Title Page, Plate 1
• Date: 1771
• Creator attribution: Benigno Bossi (Italian, 1727–1792); Ennemond Alexandre Petitot (French, 1727-1801)
• Culture: Italy
• Type: Print
• Technique: etching
• Dimensions: Sheet: 41.9 x 28.1 cm (16 1/2 x 11 1/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Etching
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2014.6.2

Collection credit

Gift of the Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Louise S. Richards

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