GB Cipriani R.A Neoclassical Head Study Circa.1770 Aquatint Century Dutch Delftware Tile Depicting

Century Dutch Delftware Tile Depicting Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden before the tree of Knowledge

3 by 16 cms

signed to lower edge and further inscribed with title to the reverse

within 19th

He worked in Rome between 1640 and 1642 returning to Bologna on Reni's death

GB Cipriani R.A Neoclassical Head Study Circa.1770 Aquatint Century Dutch Delftware Tile DepictingGiovanni Battista Cipriani R. A. 1727 1785. Anglo Italian School 18th. Century. Pencil drawing Circa. 1770. Neoclassical head study. 15 by 19. 5 cms. Born at Florence, Cipriani was bought to London in 1755 by the architect Sir William Chambers and the sculptor Joseph Wilton who had met him in Rome. He was employed in the decoration of many public and private houses and in some cases designed the architectural details such as the plasterwork, wall