Charity, from L'Amico di fanciulli (Children's Friend)
Medium
Etching and engraving; fourth state
Dimensions
sheet: 5 7/8 x 3 7/16 in. (15 x 8.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Walter Smith, 1967
Accession Number
67.749.41(13)
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Johann Heinrich Ramberg|George Ernst|Arnaud Berquin · 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...