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Air, represented by Iris reclining on her rainbow, accompanied by a winged putto bearing a torch and another winged putto riding an eagle, from "The Elements"

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Air, represented by Iris reclining on her rainbow, accompanied by a winged putto bearing a torch and another winged putto riding an eagle, from "The Elements"

Giulio Carpioni

1640–60

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Plate: 4 5/16 × 6 5/16 in. (11 × 16 cm) Sheet: 9 in. × 12 5/8 in. (22.8 × 32 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Museum Accession, by exchange, 1967

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giulio Carpioni

1613–1678 • Republic of Venice

Comment on works: Allegory; Mythology

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