"Sigismonda". Engraving on paper, engraved by Benjamin Smith after the painting, now in the Tate Gallery, by William Hogarth. Published in 1795, sheet size 19" x 24-3/4", not framed.
Deaccessioned from a Midwest institution. Sigismonda from Decameron is the daughter of Tancred, Prince of Salerno. Her father, having discovered her love to his squire Guiscardo, slew the latter and sent his head in a golden cup to Sigismonda. She took poison and died. The father, repenting his cruelty, ordered the pair to be buried in the same tomb.
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