Monument to Johann Christian Bach
Medium
Etching and engraving; fourth state of four
Dimensions
Plate: 13 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (35 × 22.6 cm) Sheet: 14 3/16 × 9 7/16 in. (36.1 × 24 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.545
Art Historical Context
In the Prints gallery of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the *Monument to Johann Christian Bach* stands as a poignant tribute to the celebrated composer, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. Created just months after Bach's death on January 1, 1782, this etching and engraving captures a sculptural monument likely designed by Agostino Carlini, a prominent English sculptor of Italian origin. Francesco Bartolozzi, a master engraver renowned for his delicate stipple technique, translated the design into print, with Johann Christian Bach himself possibly involved in the conception. Dated Marc...
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Agostino Carlini|Agostino Carlini|Johann Christian Bach · 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...