May
Francesco Bartolozzi
August 30, 1793
Medium
Color stipple engraving on paper
Dimensions
Image: 30.6 × 25 cm (12 1/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 35.5 × 27.5 cm (14 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
19268
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...