Portrait of a Man
December 24, 1799
Medium
Stipple engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 30.8 × 21.3 cm (12 3/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Plate: 35.6 × 25.5 cm (14 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Sheet: 48.3 × 34.4 cm (19 1/16 × 13 9/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133328
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...