Francesco Bartolozzi 1727-1815
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Product details
| Product number: | 661 |
| Material: | Engraving from 1767 by John Boydell London |
Product description
Cupid Venus and Satyr Engraving around 1767 by John Boydell London after a painting by Luca Giordano. Sheet dimensions: 40 x 49 cm. Bartolozzi was actually supposed to learn the trade of his father, a gold and silversmith, but took up a three-year apprenticeship in painting with Giovanni Domenico Ferretti. During this time he discovered that engraving was his calling. He went to Venice, where he worked in the workshop of Joseph Wagner (1706–1780) from 1745 to 1751. In 1756 he went to Rome and returned to Venice in 1760.
In 1764 he was summoned to London. After a while he was welcomed there by King George III. appointed Engraver of the King with an annual salary of £300. On December 10, 1768 he became a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts.
In London, Bartoluzzi developed a new technique of engraving that enabled shading and made color printing easier.
In 1802 he was appointed director of the National Academy in Lisbon. He held this post until shortly before his death in 1813.
His son Stefano Gaetano Bartolozzi was also an engraver. He is the father of English actress Lucia Elizabeth Vestris.
Among its main leaves are: Clytia, abandoned by the sun, after Ann. Caracci; the death of Lord Chatham in the Houses of Parliament, according to Copley; the adulteress before Christ, according to Agostino Caracci; circumcision and Coriolanus, after Guercino; a healing one. Family, after A. del Sarto; Mary Stuart and her son, after F. Zuccaro; Penelope and Venus, adorned by the Graces, after Ang. Kaufmann; "La Silence du Carrache"; Edward Lord Turlow, after Reynolds; the Empress Catherine II, after Benedetti; an apotheosis of Louis XVI, after Hamilton; Madonna della Sedia, after Raphael; Venus, Cupid and Satyr, after L. Giordano ; the child murder, according to Guido Reni etc.
In 1764 he was summoned to London. After a while he was welcomed there by King George III. appointed Engraver of the King with an annual salary of £300. On December 10, 1768 he became a founding member of the Royal Academy of Arts.
In London, Bartoluzzi developed a new technique of engraving that enabled shading and made color printing easier.
In 1802 he was appointed director of the National Academy in Lisbon. He held this post until shortly before his death in 1813.
His son Stefano Gaetano Bartolozzi was also an engraver. He is the father of English actress Lucia Elizabeth Vestris.
Among its main leaves are: Clytia, abandoned by the sun, after Ann. Caracci; the death of Lord Chatham in the Houses of Parliament, according to Copley; the adulteress before Christ, according to Agostino Caracci; circumcision and Coriolanus, after Guercino; a healing one. Family, after A. del Sarto; Mary Stuart and her son, after F. Zuccaro; Penelope and Venus, adorned by the Graces, after Ang. Kaufmann; "La Silence du Carrache"; Edward Lord Turlow, after Reynolds; the Empress Catherine II, after Benedetti; an apotheosis of Louis XVI, after Hamilton; Madonna della Sedia, after Raphael; Venus, Cupid and Satyr, after L. Giordano ; the child murder, according to Guido Reni etc.