Lady Meutas
August 12, 1795
Medium
Stipple engraving on buff wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 28.7 × 20.5 cm (11 5/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Plate: 32.9 × 22.3 cm (13 × 8 13/16 in.); Sheet: 37.8 × 29.4 cm (14 15/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133333
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...