Antique Framed Stipple Engraving ''Abelard Offering Hymen to Eloisa'', after Angelica KAUFFMAN (1741-1807) 1785.

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''Abelard offering Hymen to Eloisa,'' Golden Framed Stipple Engraving by Angelica KAUFFMAN .

Engraver: John Ogborne (British, Chelmsford, Essex 1755–1837 London)
Engraver:Louis Alexandre Boutelou (French, born 1761, active until 1790)
Artist: After Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, Chur 1741–1807 Rome)
Publisher: Elisabeth Challiou (French, active 1780)
Date: ca. 1780
Medium: Stipple engraving and etching.

Condition; the plate dates to C 1780 and shows some wear, but overall very good. The frame shows light wear and it was added at a later date C 1980's.
It's quite difficult to take pictures to reflective surfaces like glass ; the engraving looks even better in reality ; a genuine and very elegant piece of art. The frame was probbably

H 52.5 or 20.7'' approx.

W 42 cm or 16.2'' approx.

Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann RA (30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, Kauffmann was a skilled portraitist, landscape and decoration painter.

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