Holbein's Wife
Francesco Bartolozzi
c. 1798
Medium
Stipple engraving on buff wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 51.6 × 39.4 cm (20 3/8 × 15 9/16 in.); Sheet, cut within platemark: 54.1 × 42 cm (21 5/16 × 16 9/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
126206
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...