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Giovanni Battista Cipriani|Francesco Bartolozzi
18th century
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
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Cipriani|Francesco Bartolozzi · 1766–1839
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...