Portrait of a Young Woman
Francesco Bartolozzi
February 15, 1800
Medium
Stipple engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.7 × 20.3 cm (11 3/4 × 8 in.); Plate: 34.1 × 22.8 cm (13 7/16 × 9 in.); Sheet: 48 × 35.8 cm (18 15/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
154548
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...