Portrait of a Man
November 22, 1799
Medium
Stipple engraving on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 27.4 × 19.6 cm (10 13/16 × 7 3/4 in.); Plate: 31.6 × 23.9 cm (12 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.); Sheet: 45.7 × 32.9 cm (18 × 13 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
154555
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...