Ornament Design with Vases (in "Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 38)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 17 13/16 × 10 13/16 in. (45.2 × 27.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946
Accession Number
46.50.2(38)
Tags
OrnamentFacesVases
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Michelangelo Pergolesi|Giovanni Battista Cipriani · 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...