Artwork
H Beard Print Collection
H Beard Print Collection is a print by the Romanticist artist Facius. It dates from 1800 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. This print is an engraved portrait of Angiola Bianchi, created around 1800.
About this work
Overview
This print is an engraved portrait of Angiola Bianchi, created around 1800. It is part of the Harry Beard Print Collection.
Subject & Meaning
The subject of the portrait is Angiola Bianchi, though the engraving does not provide additional contextual information about her identity or significance beyond her depiction.
Technique & Style
The portrait is executed in engraving, a technique characteristic of 18th and early 19th-century printmaking, suggesting a traditional approach to capturing likenesses during this period.
History & Provenance
The print is dated to circa 1800 and is housed within the Harry Beard Print Collection, indicating its ownership and preservation history but lacking specific details on its creation or exhibition history.
Artist & collection
Artist
Georg Siegmund Facius (appx. 1750 in Regensburg – in or before 1813) was cartographer and painter. He was a brother of the engraver Johann Gottlieb Facius. The Facius brothers were born in Regensburg, Holy Roman Empire…
