Francesco d' Ageno
Medium
Etching and stipple engraving; second state of two
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (15.9 × 10.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.547
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate etching and stipple engraving, titled *Francesco d'Ageno*, captures the refined likeness of its namesake subject, a man portrayed in the intimate scale typical of 18th-century collector's prints. Produced between 1785 and 1790, it represents a collaboration among esteemed artists: Francesco Bartolozzi and Richard Cosway, likely working after a design by Thomas Gainsborough. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, this second state of two measures just 6¼ × 4¼ inches, inviting close admiration of its nuanced details. Stipple engraving, a techniq...
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Thomas Gainsborough|Francesco d'Ageno|Richard Cosway · 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...