Portrait of a Woman
December 10, 1799
Medium
Stipple engraving on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 38.3 × 25.8 cm (15 1/8 × 10 3/16 in.); Plate: 43 × 30.1 cm (16 15/16 × 11 7/8 in.); Sheet: 54 × 41.2 cm (21 5/16 × 16 1/4 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
126194
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...