Rosaspina's drawing academy: class of students sketching seated around a table with Rosaspina at the end of the table with women and other spectators
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 12 3/8 × 16 1/2 in. (31.5 × 41.9 cm) Sheet: 15 1/2 × 21 5/8 in. (39.3 × 55 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.3497
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the lively atmosphere of early 19th-century art with *Rosaspina's Drawing Academy Class of Students Sketching Seated Around a*. Created in 1811 through a collaboration between Felice Giani, a prominent Neoclassical painter and designer; Giulio Tomba; and engraver Johann Friedrich Frauenholz this etching and engraving captures a bustling interior scene. At the table's end presides Angelo Rosaspina the renowned Bologneseaver and teacher, as male and female students intently sketch, surrounded by women and other spectators. The print's generous dimensions—plate measuring 12 3/8 × 16 1/2...
About the Artist
Johann Friedrich Frauenholz|Giulio Tomba|Felice Giani (French|German) · 1736 | –1810 |
French, Lyons 1736–1810 Lyons|