Vigilance
December 24, 1782
Medium
Etching and stipple engraving, printed in color; second state
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 7/8 × 4 9/16 in. (17.5 × 11.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.3498
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Giovanni Battista Cipriani|Susannah Vivares · 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...