Giovanni Battista Cipriani
Giovanni Battista Cipriani was a British painter, printmaker, draftsperson, copper engraver and artist (1727–1785). He was born at Florence and died at Hammersmith.
Also recorded as Giovanni Battista Ciprani; Giovanni Battista Cypriani; Giovan Battista Cipriani; Giuseppe Cipriani; Esq] [John Baptiste Cipriani; Mr. Cipriani.
Giovanni Battista Cipriani in brief
- Born
- 1727
- Died
- 1785
- Known for
- painter, printmaker, draftsperson, copper engraver and artist
- Place of birth
- Florence
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Giovanni Battista Ciprani, Giovanni Battista Cypriani, Giovan Battista Cipriani, Giuseppe Cipriani and Esq] [John Baptiste Cipriani. His recorded languages were English and Italian.
Formation and teaching
He trained under Ignazio Hugford.
As a teacher, Giovanni Battista Cipriani is recorded in connection with John Hamilton Mortimer. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Recognition and collections
Work by Giovanni Battista Cipriani is held by National Gallery of Victoria, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art and Art Institute of Chicago.
Catalogued works
51 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Cleveland Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 549 to 1815.
A dissertation on oriental gardening. Gold State Coach, dated 1762. Speaker's State Coach, dated 1698. Bathsheba at her Toilette, dated 1750. Portrait of a Child Holding a Doll, held by Museum of Fine Arts Boston, inventory 17.3230. Achilles Besought by Priam for the Body of His Son Hector, held by Philadelphia Museum of Art, inventory 1972-250-4. Achilles Discovered by Ulysses among the Daughters of Lycomedes, held by Philadelphia Museum of Art, inventory 1972-250-3. Chiron Instructing Achilles in the Bow, dated 1776, held by Philadelphia Museum of Art, inventory 1972-250-2. The Education of Achilles, dated 1776, held by Philadelphia Museum of Art, inventory 1972-250-1. Ceres with Maidens (An Offering to Ceres), dated 1767, held by National Trust, inventory 773407. The Triumph of Bacchus, dated 1767, held by National Trust, inventory 773408. The Triumph of Ceres, dated 1767, held by National Trust, inventory 773409. Allegory of Roman London, dated 1760, held by Yale University Art Gallery, inventory 2019.2.21. Boreas and Oreithyia. Design for a Monument to the Memory of Michaelangelo, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1975.3.1240. Thomas Hollis (1659-1731), copy after an original dated 1723, dated 1764, held by Harvard Art Museums, inventory H83. Ariadne, Bacchus and Eros, held by Nationalmuseum, inventory NMH 1941/1875. Selling of Cupids, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1983.23.1. John Locke, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B2001.2.721. Ticket for Ranelagh Regatta Ball, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B1977.14.17974. John Milton, dated 1760, held by Yale Center for British Art, inventory B2003.13.15. The Annunciation, dated 1769, held by Clare College, inventory 52. Panel from the Robert Adam Library at Audley End Representing Water, dated 1770, held by Saffron Walden Museum, inventory 1839.29c. Panel from the Robert Adam Library at Audley End Representing Air, dated 1770, held by Saffron Walden Museum, inventory 1839.29a. Panel from the Robert Adam Library Representing Religion and the Arts, dated 1770, held by Audley End House, inventory 81030298. Panel from the Robert Adam Library at Audley End Representing Earth, dated 1770, held by Saffron Walden Museum, inventory 1839.29d. Panel from the Robert Adam Library Representing Science and Learning, dated 1770, held by Audley End House, inventory 81030297. Panel from the Robert Adam Library at Audley End Representing Fire, dated 1770, held by Saffron Walden Museum, inventory 1839.29b. Castor and Pollux, the Heavenly Twins, dated 1783, held by Castle Coole, inventory 227668. Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727–1785), RA, held by Mark Masons' Hall, London, inventory PCF28. 'Johannes Milton Anglus' (1608–1674), held by Milton's Cottage, inventory chmc-83.1. Sleeping Female Nude, held by Bowes Museum, inventory B.M.207. Two Putti, held by Falmouth Art Gallery, inventory FAMAG:1000.32. Allegorical Personification of Plenty, held by Weston Park, inventory 101.0051.2. Allegorical Personification of Peace, held by Weston Park, inventory 101.0051.1. A healing by St Peter (?), dated 549, held by Statens Museum for Kunst, inventory KKS11118. Two Sketches: Nude Child, Woman Reaching Toward Man with Lamb, dated 1762, pen and black ink, and brush and brown and red wash, on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.608. Ulysses and Nausicaa, dated n.d., pen and black ink with brush and gray wash, on cream laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.617. Rape of Deianira, dated after 1787, pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, with traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.609. Birth of Adonis, dated 1775/1785, pen and black ink, and brush and black and gray wash, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper, perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1974.25. Bacchus, dated n.d., pen and black ink with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper, laid down on brown laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.613. Venus with Putti, dated n.d., graphite on cream laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1991.733. Reclining Nude with Cupid, dated 1700s, red chalk heightened with white chalk on brown handmade antique laid paper, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2019.257. Aesculapius holding a staff encircled by a snake. Drawing by G.B. Cipriani., dated 1700-1799, held by Wellcome Collection. John Wallis. Stipple engraving by J. Hopwood after G. B. Cipriani., held by Wellcome Collection. The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra holding the asp in her left hand. Stipple engraving by Sherwin after G.B. Cipriani., dated 1700-1799, held by Wellcome Collection. John Wallis. Line engraving by G. B. Cipriani., dated 1760-1769, held by Wellcome Collection. Putti sleeping. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani, 1787., dated Mar.h 1.t 1787, held by Wellcome Collection. Saint Jerome. Stipple engraving by J. Godby after G.B. Cipriani., dated June 1815, held by Wellcome Collection. Nymphs sleeping. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani, 1787., dated Mar.h 1 1787, held by Wellcome Collection. Bas relief of Hermaphroditus. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1787, after G.B. Cipriani., dated 1 July 1787, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 13 named public collections.
Yale Center for British Art: 9 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Philadelphia Museum of Art: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Saffron Walden Museum: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Trust: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Audley End House: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Weston Park: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of Fine Arts Boston: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Yale University Art Gallery: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Harvard Art Museums: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Nationalmuseum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 44 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Cipriani, Giovanni Battista (1727–1785), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online. Measure of Architectures on Paper: Graphic and Analytic Practices of a Student of Architecture around 1787, Diségno, 2020.
Digitised editions and texts
12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Tempio di Vesta Gio. Bat. Cipriani (1797) — Internet Archive. Tempj della pace di Antonio e Faustina e della concordia Gio. Bat. Cipriani (1798) — Internet Archive. Tempj di Teseo e di Minerva in Atene Gio. Bat. Cipriani (1799) — Internet Archive. Mausoleo o tempio di Bacco Gio. Bat. Cipriani (1797) — Internet Archive. [Designs for Various Ornaments] (1777) — Internet Archive. In morte di Antonio Somma trenodìa G.B. Cipriani (1864) — Internet Archive. A Collection of Prints after the Sketches and Drawings of the late Celebrated Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Esqr R.A. (1789) — Internet Archive. The Trevi Fountain, Rome — Internet Archive. Miscellanea di utili produzioni in belle arti ed in scienze compilata da Gio. Batt. Cipriani sanese (1808) — Internet Archive. Reclining Nude with Cupid (2024) — Internet Archive. Portico di Ottavia Gio. Bat. Cipriani (1796) — Internet Archive. Tempio della pietà Gio. Bat. Cipriani (1796) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 13 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
training under Ignazio Hugford is recorded. John Hamilton Mortimer is recorded as having studied under Giovanni Battista Cipriani. the recorded working language is English and Italian.
The field of work recorded is Neoclassicism.
Membership is recorded of Royal Academy of Arts.
Work by Giovanni Battista Cipriani is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago and Auckland Art Gallery.
Chronology
- 1698Speaker's State Coach.
- 1727Giovanni Battista Cipriani born at Florence.
- 1750Bathsheba at her Toilette.
- 1762Gold State Coach.
- 1777[Designs for Various Ornaments] digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1785Giovanni Battista Cipriani died at Hammersmith.
- 1797Tempio di Vesta Gio. Bat. Cipriani digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1797Mausoleo o tempio di Bacco Gio. Bat. Cipriani digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1798Tempj della pace di Antonio e Faustina e della concordia Gio. Bat. Cipriani digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1799Tempj di Teseo e di Minerva in Atene Gio. Bat. Cipriani digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1864In morte di Antonio Somma trenodìa G.B. Cipriani digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista (1727–1785), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens Online
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, Oxford Art Online, 2003
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Giovanni Battista Cipriani.
open access index · Unverified
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Internet Archive, 17 digitised items catalogued under Giovanni Battista Cipriani as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Giovanni Battista Cipriani.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Giovanni Battista Cipriani.
museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 44 works naming Giovanni Battista Cipriani.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q2687759: Giovanni Battista Cipriani
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
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“Giovanni Battista Cipriani”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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