Poetry and History Presenting Painting with Subjects
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 in. × 5 9/16 in. (22.9 × 14.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.2694
Tags
WomenPaintingPalettesAllegory
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|William Hamilton|Thomas Macklin · 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...