Ceres
Medium
Stipple engraving, with handcoloring, on paper
Dimensions
Image: 18.5 × 18 cm (7 5/16 × 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 36.8 × 32.5 cm (14 1/2 × 12 13/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
35442
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...