Air, from "The Four Elements"
Medium
Etching and engraving, printed in color
Dimensions
Plate: 7 13/16 × 10 in. (19.8 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 9 1/4 × 11 3/8 in. (23.5 × 28.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.452
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Giovanni Battista Cipriani|William Palmer · 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...