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Francesco Bartolozzi - Original Print - Two Cupids - ”Two Cherubs” - Bartolozzi - Barbieri - Italy. Magnificent copper engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi, ater Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino). Publishing in 1764 years, Italy. The sample is taken from the work ”Original Paintings and Drawings of Guercino in the Collection of His Majesty.” The larger boy, at right, gestures to the right while holding high in his left hand the ends of a covering about the second boy, who stands with his back to the observer, looking towards the left. Francesco Bartolozzi is an Italian draftsman, watercolor painter and engraver, the greatest master of etching, dotted style, in particular colored dotted line and pencil etching style. From 1764 he worked in England, where he created a school of color reproduction engravings. Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 – 1666) better known as Guercino, was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vigorous naturalism of his early manner contrasts with the classical equilibrium of his later works. His many drawings are noted for their luminosity and lively style.