Baillie, William
(1712 Killbride - London 1792). The painter sitting before the easel. Mezzotint by William Baillie after a self-portrait of the painter. About 1765. id. d. pl. " SOFONISBA ANGUSCIOLA PITTRICE'. Di cui van Dyk ebbe a dire, avere ricevuto piu Lume nella pittura da una CIECA, che dal suo Maestro. - Vide Vasari/S. A. PAINTER, of whom Van Dyk said he had been more enlightened by a BLIND in painting than by his master. - Biographies of Vasari. Blgr. 38.5 x 28.8 cm. Plgr. 35.4 x 25, 3 cm. Monogr. Nagler Monogramists vol. 5, p. 313, 1552. R
