Frontispiece from Cipriani's "Rudiments of Drawing"
Medium
Color engraving and stipple engraving, on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 20.2 × 29.8 cm (8 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 27.1 × 38.2 cm (10 11/16 × 15 1/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
108937
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...