Beatrice Cenci
date: label: Date made
content: 1859
label: date made
content: 1 April,1859
name: label: publisher
content: Goupil & Company
label: original artist
content: Delaroche, Paul
label: graphic artist
content: Girardet, Edouard
label: publisher
content: Knoedler, M.
notes: label: Description
content: Beatrice Cenci
label: Description
content: The print reproduces Delaroche’s painting of Beatrice Cenci on the way to her execution (together with her stepmother and a brother) for the murder of her abusive father in 1599. Her fate and a painting thought to be by Guido Reni inspired many artists and writers in the nineteenth century: Stendhal, Julia Margaret Cameron, Alexander Dumas and Nathaniel Hawthorne among others.
label: Description
content: The print reproduces Delaroche’s painting of Beatrice Cenci on the way to her execution (together with her stepmother and a brother) for the murder of her abusive father in 1599. Her fate and a painting thought to be by Guido Reni inspired many artists and writers in the nineteenth century: Stendhal, Julia Margaret Cameron, Alexander Dumas and Nathaniel Hawthorne among others.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ferris Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.14340
label: accession number
content: 94830
label: catalog number
content: 14340
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Intaglio
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Object Name
content: Engraving
label: Object Type
content: Mezzotint
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 30 cm x 37 cm; 11 13/16 in x 14 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 46 cm x 50 cm; 18 1/8 in x 19 11/16 in