Sappho Listening to Love
Medium
Stipple engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 16.3 × 16.2 cm (6 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 16.7 × 16.5 cm (6 5/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
55215
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...