Ariadne, Cupid and Bacchus
Medium
Etching and engraving; fourth state of four
Dimensions
Plate: 10 5/8 × 9 3/16 in. (27 × 23.3 cm) Sheet: 12 5/8 × 10 3/8 in. (32 × 26.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Accession Number
2018.839.136
About the Artist
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...