Fire
Medium
Etching and engraving, printed in color; second state of two
Dimensions
Plate: 7 1/2 × 10 1/16 in. (19.1 × 25.5 cm) Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 11/16 in. (21 × 27.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.395
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...