A large gathering of people in the street as a goddess races across the sky in a chariot led by four horses; set design from 'Il Fuoco Eterno'
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 11 15/16 × 16 1/2 in. (30.3 × 41.9 cm)
Classification
Prints|Prints-Fete|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.3574
Tags
About the Artist
Mathäus Küsel|Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini · 1629–1681
Matthäus Küsel (1629–1681) was a distinguished German copper engraver who achieved prominence as court engraver to the Holy Roman Emperor, earning the prestigious title of imperial court engraver (Hofkupferstecher). Born into the renowned Augsburg engraving and goldsmith family Küsel, Matthäus represented the height of German reproductive engraving in the Baroque period. His extensive oeuvre encom...