Medium
Etching and stipple engraving, printed in brown ink; third state
Dimensions
Oval Image: 4 3/8 × 3 7/16 in. (11.1 × 8.7 cm) Plate: 7 7/16 × 5 3/4 in. (18.9 × 14.6 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (27.6 × 20 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.3143
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Giovanni Battista Cipriani|Emmanuel Matthias Diemar · 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...