Luigi Schiavonetti
(1765-1810), PrintmakerSitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 25 portraits
Luigi Schiavonetti was one of England's most famous stipple engravers. Born in Italy, at the age of thirteen was apprenticed to Giulio Golini, after which he turned his talents to engraving. He imitated several of Francesco Bartolozzi's engravings with great success. These prints came to the attention of Bartolozzi himself, and when Schiavonetti came to London shortly thereafter, he made him his principal assistant. During his career, Schiavonetti engraved the portraits of such notables as the Duke of York, the Queen of Prussia and William Blake. He was regularly commissioned for such famous publications as Boydell's Shakespeare and Milton sets, Ottley's The Italian School of Design, and Wheatley's Cries of London.
Rosoman Mountain (née Wilkinson) as Matilda in Burgoyne's 'Richard Coeur de Lion'
by Luigi Schiavonetti, published by John Cawthorn, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published 2nd August 1806
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
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by Luigi Schiavonetti, after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt)
stipple engraving, circa 1775-1800
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by Luigi Schiavonetti, after John Smart
stipple and line engraving, 1785-1810
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by Luigi Schiavonetti, published by Colnaghi & Co, after Richard Cosway
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1790
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by Luigi Schiavonetti, after Richard Cosway
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1790
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Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden
by Luigi Schiavonetti, after Hans Holbein the Younger
stipple engraving, published 1791
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Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden
by Luigi Schiavonetti, after Hans Holbein the Younger
stipple engraving, published 1791
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Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
by Luigi Schiavonetti, after John Bogle
stipple engraving, published 1793
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by Luigi Schiavonetti, after Thomas Hickey
stipple engraving, published 1 February 1794
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by Luigi Schiavonetti, published by E. & S. Harding, after Thomas Hickey
stipple engraving, published 1 February 1794
NPG D14210
Mr Lambert ('A Master of Arts in his Usual Dress')
by Luigi Schiavonetti, after William Miller
stipple engraving, published 1796
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by Luigi Schiavonetti, after Moses Griffith
stipple engraving, 1796 or after
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King George IV; Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
by Michael Sloane, published by Luigi Schiavonetti, after Richard Cosway
stipple engraving, published 12 April 1797
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by Luigi Schiavonetti, after John Smart
stipple and line engraving, (1800)
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Isabella Caroline Campbell (née Howard), Lady Cawdor of Castlemartin
by Luigi Schiavonetti, after Henry Edridge
stipple engraving, 1806 (1804)
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Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Duchess of York and Albany
by Luigi Schiavonetti, published by Colnaghi & Co, after François Hüet-Villiers
stipple engraving, published 1807
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Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
by Luigi Schiavonetti, after François Hüet-Villiers
stipple engraving, published 1807
NPG D10823
Sir Anthony van Dyck ('Vandyk, as Paris')
by Luigi Schiavonetti, published by William Miller, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1807
NPG D38811
Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Duchess of York and Albany
by Luigi Schiavonetti, published by Colnaghi & Co, after François Hüet-Villiers
stipple engraving, published 1807
NPG D15301
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney
by Luigi Schiavonetti, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Henry Edward Doyle
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1807
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by Luigi Schiavonetti, published by Robert Hartley Cromek, after Thomas Phillips
etching, published 1 May 1808 (1807)
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by Luigi Schiavonetti, after Henry Howard
stipple engraving, (1809)
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by Luigi Schiavonetti, after Henry Howard
stipple engraving, (1809)
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by Luigi Schiavonetti, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Thomas Phillips
stipple engraving, published 11 October 1809
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by Luigi Schiavonetti, published by Robert Hartley Cromek, after Thomas Phillips
etching, published 1 May 1808 (1807)
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