Agostino Carlini; Francesco Bartolozzi; Giovanni Battista Cipriani

Sittersback to top

• Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), Engraver. Sitter in 16 portraits, Artist associated with 161 portraits.
• Agostino Carlini (circa 1718-1790), Sculptor. Sitter in 5 portraits, Artist associated with 2 portraits.
• Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785), Painter and engraver. Sitter in 6 portraits, Artist associated with 26 portraits.

Artistback to top

• John Francis Rigaud (1742-1810), Painter. Artist associated with 8 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Three Italian-born artists who made their careers in England and who were all founder-members of the Royal Academy. Carlini is shown with a sculptor's hammer, Bartolozzi with an engraver's burin, and Cipriani, sitting before the easel, has a palette and a brush in his hand.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 513
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 718

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Group portraits
• Making art
• On display at the Gallery