Caractacus Delivered to Ostorius
February 14, 1788
Medium
Etching and stipple engraving, printed in color; fourth state
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 3/8 × 17 1/8 in. (34 × 43.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Olga Sichel and Max Philippson, 1962
Accession Number
62.557.113
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|William Hamilton|Susannah Vivares · 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...