The Zingara, also known as the Egyptian woman. Etching by F. Perrier.
- Perrier, François, 1590?-1656?
- Reference:
- 11447i
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About this work
Description
The sculpture known as the "Zingara", formerly also as the "Egyptian woman", of which two versions exist, both from the Villa Borghese, one later in Versailles: Haskell and Penny, loc. cit. In the etching the woman points upwards with her left hand and downwards with her right hand
Physical description
1 print : etching
Contributors
References note
F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique, the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 339-341, no. 95 (do not mention this print)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 11447i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores