A man and a woman conversing at center, surrounded by a row of young men to the right and young women to the left, Mercury appears at top left corner; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

A man and a woman conversing at center, surrounded by a row of young men to the right and young women to the left, Mercury appears at top left corner; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro' by Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini|Mathäus Küsel

Medium

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 10 7/16 × 17 1/4 in. (26.5 × 43.8 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

53.600.3541

Tags

MenWomenMercuryTrees

About the Artist

Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini|Mathäus Küsel · 16361707

Lodovico Ottavio Burnacini (1636–1707), born into an artistic family in northern Italy—likely Venice—was the son of the renowned theater architect Giovanni Burnacini from Cesena and his wife Grazia. From a young age, he studied under his father, mastering theater architecture, intricate stage machinery, and set design amid Venice's vibrant carnival culture and Commedia dell'arte performances. The ...

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