Last week, I contacted the Carnegie Museum of Art about 2 of Francesco Bartolozzi's sketches from 1797 and 1799 (based on Hans Holbein the Younger's sketches from 1526-1528). One was of Anne Cresacre (Carnegie Museum of Art had her listed as Portrait of a Woman) and the other was of Margaret Giggs (Carnegie Museum of Art had her listed as Mother Jak).
Both women can be found in Holbein's portrait of Sir Thomas More's family, as well as Holbein's individual sketches of them. Since Bartolozzi had made copies of Holbein's work (Holbein's sketches are with the Royal Collection Trust), it concerned me that the Carnegie Museum had these 2 etchings mislabeled.
Earlier this afternoon, the Curatorial Assistant with Carnegie Museum of Art emailed me. Their internal database has been updated. The online collection search should be updated in the next week or so.
Follow-up on February 21, 2024:
Carnegie Museum of Art updated their online collection! Check it out:
How neat is that!? I'm simply excited that I caught this and was able to bring it to someone's attention (and the fact that a museum responded)!
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