Artist:
HOLBEIN, Hans
Engraver:
BARTOLOZZI, Francesco
Title:
[Untitled]
Stock Code:
8910
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):
28cm x 40.5cm
11 inches x 16 inches
Date:
1799
Price:
£245
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. Untitled and unaccompanied by a biographical tract, it is impossible to say what gentleman this is a portrait of.
Good condition; a horizontal crease at centre.