Portrait of a Woman Facing Right
Medium
Stipple engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 38.7 × 27.6 cm (15 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.); Plate: 43.1 × 31.5 cm (17 × 12 7/16 in.); Sheet: 54 × 40.5 cm (21 5/16 × 16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
126191
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...