History
November 20, 1786
Medium
Etching and stipple engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 3/16 in. (20 × 25.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.453
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Giovanni Battista Cipriani|William Dickinson · 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...