Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4)
Medium
Etching and stipple engraving, printed in brown ink; fourth state of four
Dimensions
oval image: 4 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. (11.4 x 9.2 cm) sheet: 8 1/4 x 7 in. (21 x 17.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.2843
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|James Nixon|William Shakespeare · 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...