[Designs for Various Ornaments]
![[Designs for Various Ornaments] by Michelangelo Pergolesi|Francesco Bartolozzi|Giovanni Battista Cipriani](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/designs-for-various-ornaments-334080.webp)
Medium
Illustrations: etching
Dimensions
21 1/8 x 14 9/16 x 1 3/16 in. (53.7 x 37 x 3 cm)
Classification
Books|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946
Accession Number
46.50.2
Tags
About the Artist
Michelangelo Pergolesi|Francesco Bartolozzi|Giovanni Battista Cipriani · 1760–1801
Michelangelo Pergolesi (1760–1801) was an Italian decorative artist, draughtsman, engraver, and designer whose career bridged Rome and London, profoundly influencing neoclassical interiors during the late 18th century. Little is known of his early life or formal training, with biographical details sparsely documented. Likely inspired by classical antiquity and the era's archaeological fervor, incl...