Luigi Schiavonetti

Next to Francesco Bartolozzi, Luigi Schiavonetti arguably is England's most famous stipple engraver. Like Bartolozzi, Schiavonetti was born and trained in Italy. At the age of thirteen he commenced a three year apprenticeship under Giulio Golini. After this time, Schiavonetti turned his talents to engraving and imitated several of Bartolozzi's engravings with great success in his native Bassano. These prints came to the attention of Bartolozzi himself, and when Luigi Schiavonetti came to London shortly thereafter, the master made him his principal assistant.

During his career Luigi 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, William Ottley's, "The Italian School of Design", Blair's, "The Grave" (designed by William Blake), John Chamberlaine's "Engravings from the Original Designs of Annibale, Agostino and Ludovico Carracci, in his Majesty's Collection", and Wheatley's "Cries of London".

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