Terpsichore
Medium
Etching and stipple engraving, printed in brown ink
Dimensions
plate: 9 7/16 x 6 7/8 in. (24 x 17.4 cm) sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 13/16 in. (24.8 x 19.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.3141
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Giovanni Battista Cipriani|Torre & Co. · 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...