Portrait of a Young Man
January 18, 1799
Medium
Stipple engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 35.8 × 23.3 cm (14 1/8 × 9 3/16 in.); Plate: 40.6 × 28 cm (16 × 11 1/16 in.); Sheet: 48.6 × 33.6 cm (19 3/16 × 13 1/4 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133349
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...