Anne Countess Cowper
Francesco Bartolozzi
published January 12, 1798
Medium
Stipple engraving on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 26.5 × 18.5 cm (10 7/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 27.1 × 19.2 cm (10 11/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
42568
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...