Court Lady
August 1, 1799
Medium
Stipple engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 29 × 24.9 cm (11 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Plate: 32.9 × 24.9 cm (13 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 47.4 × 35 cm (18 11/16 × 13 13/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
42562
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...