Prudence and Beauty

An oval stipple engraving shows a plumed, helmeted warrior at left gripping the arm of a bare-shouldered woman who holds a sheer drape aloft, with winged cupids at either side. Fine dots build the figures on a warm reddish-brown ground, with a curtain behind and a small putto at the left edge.

Artist

Francesco Bartolozzi

Date

1782

Medium

Stipple engraving in sanguine ink on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2880 × 2355 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum