Acis and Galatea
Medium
Engraving and etching; third state of three
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 11/16 in. (22.3 × 29.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Accession Number
2018.839.141
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Francesco Bartolozzi|Giovanni Battista Cipriani · 1727–1815
Francesco Bartolozzi (1727–1815) was an Italian engraver whose most productive period was spent in London, where he became the leading exponent of stipple engraving and a founding member of the Royal Academy. Born in Florence and trained first as a painter before turning to engraving in Venice, he established his reputation in Rome before being recruited by the English Royal Librarian Richard Dalt...