Venus Surrounded by Cupids
Medium
Etching and stipple engraving, printed in color; third state of three
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 11 9/16 in. (25 × 29.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.2625
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Giovanni Battista Cipriani|Emmanuel Matthias Diemar · 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...