Italian painter and engraver in England (1727-1785)

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Eno's "Fruit Salt" : May, 1938.

Urania. Stipple engraving by P. Bettelini after G.B. Cipriani.

Silenus, holding grapes and crowned with vines, flanked by a maenad and a faun. Engraving by C. Faucci, c. 1768, after G. B. Cipriani after P. Rubens.

A pregnant woman on an obstetrical bed. Line engraving by G.B. Cipriani, 1811, after S. Clementi.

The landing of Captain Cook's men on the island of Eromanga, Vanuatu, in August 1774, resisted by a crowd of hostile inhabitants. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin, 1777, after W. Hodges and G.B. Cipriani.

Saint Jerome. Stipple engraving by J. Godby after G.B. Cipriani.

The risen Christ asks Mary Magdalene not to touch him. Etching with aquatint by G.B. Cipriani after A.D. Gabbiani.

The centaur Nessus carrying off Deianeira. Etching with aquatint by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani.

Father Time holding a scythe: four studies. Etching by R. Earlom, 1787, after G.B. Cipriani.

The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra holding the asp in her left hand. Stipple engraving by Sherwin after G.B. Cipriani.

Certificate admitting William Hodges to the Royal Academy. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani, 1786.

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Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785

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The risen Christ asks Mary Magdalene not to touch him. Etching with aquatint by G.B. Cipriani after A.D. Gabbiani.

The centaur Nessus carrying off Deianeira. Etching with aquatint by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani.

Father Time holding a scythe: four studies. Etching by R. Earlom, 1787, after G.B. Cipriani.

The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra holding the asp in her left hand. Stipple engraving by Sherwin after G.B. Cipriani.

Certificate admitting William Hodges to the Royal Academy. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani, 1786.