San Giorgio Maggiore
Medium
Etching and engraving on paper
Dimensions
Image: 29 × 44.2 cm (11 7/16 × 17 7/16 in.); Plate: 33.3 × 45.8 cm (13 1/8 × 18 1/16 in.); Sheet: 39.8 × 52 cm (15 11/16 × 20 1/2 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
103420
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Brustolon · 1712–1796
Giovanni Battista Brustolon (1712–1796) was an Italian printmaker from Belluno who became one of the most accomplished reproductive engravers of 18th-century Venice. Born in 1712, Brustolon specialized in a sophisticated combination of etching and engraving techniques that allowed him to create prints of exceptional tonal richness and detail. Employed by Venice's leading publishers, he dedicated m...