Old Master - The Blind Leading the Blind


Inscription: Inscribed below image lower left: "Tintoretto Pinxit"; lower right: "Gab,,l Smith Sculpsit."; along lower margin, on either side of a coat of arms: "THE BLIND LEADING / THE BLIND. // From the Original Picture of the same size, Painted / by Jacopo Robusti, commonly called Tintoretto; // In the Collection of the Right / Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield."; lower left corner: "VOL. II. N.o 22."; lower right corner: "John Boydell excudit, London 1767."
Gabriel Smith (London 1724–1783

Artist: After Jacopo Tintoretto
Print Type: Etching Engraving
Dated: 1767
Publisher: John Boydell
Origin: British - Italian
Demensions: 12 x 20
Provenance: Hill House Print Collection
Notes & Literature: A copy of this print is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Detroit Institute.
Condition Report: Minor edge wear. Very Good. Very Good Impression
Subject References: Old Master Engravings Prints Etchings Blindness

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