Allegory of the Hunt; a hunter holding a large spear carrying a woman (Diana?) on his shoulders; five hunting dogs in the foreground and a retinue of male and female hunters in the background

Allegory of the Hunt; a hunter holding a large spear carrying a woman (Diana?) on his shoulders; five hunting dogs in the foreground and a retinue of male and female hunters in the background by Giorgio Ghisi|Luca Penni

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 14 1/8 x 9 13/16 in. (35.8 x 25 cm) trimmed to platemark

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924

Accession Number

24.63.1456

Tags

ArrowsSwordsSpearsMenWomenHuntingDogs

About the Artist

Giorgio Ghisi|Luca Penni · 15201582

Giorgio Ghisi (c. 1520–1582) was one of the most accomplished engravers of the Italian Renaissance, renowned for translating the monumental compositions of Raphael, Giulio Romano, and Michelangelo into the exacting medium of the burin. Born in Mantua, he trained in an environment shaped by the legacy of Giulio Romano's decoration of the Palazzo del Te, and the grandeur of that Mannerist tradition ...

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