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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
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...