Artist:
HOLBEIN, Hans
Engraver:
BARTOLOZZI, Francesco
Title:
[The Bishop of Rochester.]
Stock Code:
6995
Method:
Stipple engraving
Publisher:
John Chamberlaine, London
Colouring:
Original colour
Atlas:
IMITATIONS OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY HANS HOLBEIN, IN THE COLLECTION OF HIS MAJESTY, FOR THE PORTRAITS OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONS OF THE COURT OF HENRY VIII. WITH BIOGRAPHICAL TRACTS.
Size: (W x H):
22cm x 31.5cm
8½ inches x 12½ inches
Date:
1796
Price:
£145
Bartolozzi developed his style to imitate the subtleties of renaissance and baroque chalk drawings and became deservedly famous for his stipple engraving. The portraits in this collection show how effective this technique was in reproducing with such incredible fidelity Holbein's original designs. Accompanied by a biographical tract, giving a brief history of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, whose staunch support of the Catholic church during the Reformation led to his execution.
Good condition, despite horizontal crease mark in centre.