Venus and Cupid
Medium
Engraving in brown ink on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.2 × 21.1 cm (6 7/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet, cut within platemark: 18.5 × 21.6 cm (7 5/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
81721
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...