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Studies of Figures for the Apotheosis of Bodoni

Giuseppe Bossiabout 1800

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Scholars know little about this simple sketch, celebrating Giambattista Bodoni, an Italian printer who designed several modern typefaces in the late 1700s. It was probably taken from the pages of a notebook, as the top of the mount has been stamped with the numbers 16 and 3.

The drawing, which shows three different groups of figures gathered at a balcony, is a preparatory study for the artist's cartoon The Apotheosis of Giambattista Bodoni.

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  • Title: Studies of Figures for the Apotheosis of Bodoni
  • Creator: Giuseppe Bossi
  • Date Created: about 1800
  • Physical Dimensions: 17.5 × 10.8 cm (6 7/8 × 4 1/4 in.)
  • Type: Drawing
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink and wash
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 96.GA.336
  • Culture: Italian
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of Elisa Marcato Enrico, last descendant of the artist
  • Creator Display Name: Giuseppe Bossi (Italian, 1777 - 1815)
  • Classification: Drawings (Visual Works)
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