Mademoiselle Auretti
Date1745-1746
Engraver
Louis Gerard Scotin
OriginEngland, London
MediumEtching and line engraving on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 17 1/2 × 13 1/4in. (44.5 × 33.7cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1969-101
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Mademoiselle Huretti./ G. Scotin Sculp.t/ Published According to Act of Parliament Jan.y y.e 15.th 1745/6"Label TextThis portrait depicts either Anne or possibly Janneton Auretti, both of whom were French ballerinas famous in London in the 1740s. They are thought to have been sisters.ProvenanceBefore 1969, J. A. Lloyd Hyde [d. 1981] (New York, NY); 1969-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
Bernard Ratzer
January 12, 1776
