Dr. Arne
Medium
Crayon-manner etching; before first state of three
Dimensions
Image: 9 7/16 × 6 5/16 in. (24 × 16 cm) Sheet: 16 15/16 × 13 1/16 in. (43.1 × 33.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.756-2295
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|William Humphrey|Thomas Augustine Arne|John Nixon · 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...