Mother Jak
April 10, 1797
Medium
Stipple engraving on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 38.2 × 26 cm (15 1/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Plate: 42.9 × 30.4 cm (16 15/16 × 12 in.); Sheet: 54 × 40.8 cm (21 5/16 × 16 1/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
126196
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...