Trade Card for W.E. Vaughan, Printseller & Restorer

Trade Card for W.E. Vaughan, Printseller & Restorer by Giovanni Battista Cipriani|Francesco Bartolozzi

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet: 3 7/16 × 4 1/2 in. (8.8 × 11.5 cm)

Classification

Prints|Ephemera

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1926

Accession Number

26.28.351

About the Artist

Giovanni Battista Cipriani|Francesco Bartolozzi · 17661839

Giovanni Battista Cipriani was born on April 20, 1766, in Siena, Italy, to Simon Pietro Cipriani and Eva Bandini. He grew up alongside his brothers Barbato, a sculptor, and Galgano, an engraver, in a family immersed in the arts. Cipriani began his education studying Latin and mathematics before pursuing fine arts under the sculptor and architect Giuseppe Silini in Siena.) His talent earned him a p...

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