Aedes Barberinae
Medium
Printed book with engraved illustrations.
Dimensions
14 x 9 1/4 in. (35.6 x 23.5 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1948
Accession Number
48.106.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the opulent world of 17th-century Rome with *Aedes Barberinae*, a magnificent printed book from 1642, collaboratively crafted by scholars Girolamo Teti and Mascardi for the text, and engravers Johann Friedrich Greuter and Cornelis Bloemaert for its stunning illustrations. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department (thanks to the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund of 1948), this compact volume measures 14 x 9¼ inches and serves as a lavish celebration of the Barberini Palace, the grand residence of one of Europe's most powerful families during the Baroque era. T...
About the Artist
Girolamo Teti|Mascardi|Johann Friedrich Greuter|Cornelis Bloemaert (Italian|Italian|German|Dutch) · | |1590 |1603 – | |1662 |1684
| |German, active Rome, ca. 1590/93–1662|Dutch, Utrecht 1603–?1684 Rome