The Archangel Gabriel
Medium
Stipple engraving and etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. (23.7 × 23.7 cm) (clipped impression)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Bella C. Landauer, 1941
Accession Number
41.128.6
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri)|Niccolo Vanni · 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...