Allegory of Time in Honor of a Painter (Claude Lorrain?)
Francesco Bartolozzi
1675-1750
Medium
Red chalk, with traces of black chalk and graphite, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
40 × 27 cm (15 3/4 × 10 11/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
23537
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi · 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...