Flora, with a Cupid
ca. 1760â1770
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Bequest of George Campbell Cooper
Accession Number
1896-3-287
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Flora, with a Cupid** *Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, active England, 7–1815), ca. 1760–1770 Print; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of George Campbell* Step into the enchanting world of 18th-century printmaking Francesco Bartolozzi's *Flora, with a Cupid*. This delicate print captures the Roman goddess of flowers, Flora, accompanied by the mischievous Cupid, embodying the playful elegance of Rococo and neoclassical tastes. Bartolozzi, a Florentine-born engraver who thrived in England during this period, was a master of stipple technique—a dotted method that created soft, lumino...