print
- Museum number
- 1944,1014.507
- Title
- Object: Maria Antonia Valburga di Baviera
- Description
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Portrait of Maria Antonia of Saxony, three-quarter length, seated to front, with head turned to right, looking to front, holding a book in her right hand, the cover lettered with 'Dell' / origina / e delle regole / della / Musica'; crown and clock behind at right, palette, brushes and compass at left, column and curtain in background; in an oval frame, surmounted by two angels blowing trumpets and supporting coats of arms, on a pedestal on which lie musical instruments, with cartouche for inscription below; after Francisco Arnaudies Catalano. 1774
Engraving, etching and stipple
- Production date
- 1774
- Dimensions
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Height: 236 millimetres
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Width: 168 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1944
- Acquisition notes
- One of a large number of portraits of musicians purchased from the Royal College of Music. See Hind's report to the Trustees dated 7 October 1944. The College only kept the prints that were framed and displayed. Unable to store the remainder, they gave the BM first choice of all prints lacking in its collection, and sold the rest to Suckling's. The purchase was funded from a block grant made to the BM by the NACF, and the cost was £50 in all.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1944,1014.507
