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Bossi, Benigno, 1727-1792

Images

  • Skull: lateral view. Etching by B. Bossi, 1760.
  • A young man in caricature, the features of his face bunched up into a small area. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776, after himself.
  • Head of an old man with a bandage laced through his hollow eye-sockets. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776.
  • A woman (possibly intended to be African) with pouting lips in elaborate head gear. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776 (?), after himself.
  • A woman with a long, vertical nose, wearing an elaborate hat and a fur hood. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1776 (?), after himself.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    A boy wearing a turban, looking downwards to right. Etching by B. Bossi, 1760.

    Bossi, Benigno, 1727-1792. | Date: 1769 | Reference: 2822703i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A man in profile; a physiognomic caricature. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

    Bossi, Benigno, 1727-1792. | Date: 1776 | Reference: 34709i
    Part of: Fisonomie possibili
    • Pictures

    A man with a very large, sloping forehead. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

    Bossi, Benigno, 1727-1792. | Date: 1776 | Reference: 34694i
    Part of: Fisonomie possibili
    • Pictures

    A boy with an exaggerated snub nose. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

    Bossi, Benigno, 1727-1792. | Date: 1776 | Reference: 34688i
    Part of: Fisonomie possibili
    • Pictures

    A man in a large hood with an overhanging forehead and a protruding chin. Engraving by B. Bossi, 1775, after himself.

    Bossi, Benigno, 1727-1792. | Date: 1776 | Reference: 34702i
    Part of: Fisonomie possibili
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