Terpsichore
1779
Here stands Terpsichore, the Greek Muse of dance, looking rather elegant as she strums her lyre while a cheeky winged cherub holds up a torch beside her. Francesco Bartolozzi created this piece in 1779 using a technique that cleverly mimics the soft look of red chalk drawings—a style that was all the rage in Neoclassical London. If you look closely at the bottom, there's a little advertisement telling 18th-century art lovers exactly where to buy a copy: at a print shop behind the Opera House! It's a perfect snapshot of how mythology was marketed as high fashion in Georgian England.
- Technique
- stipple engraving
- Material
- paper
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