Allegory on the Glory of Emperor Ferdinand II
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 17 1/4 x 20 3/8 in. (43.8 x 51.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.602.583
Tags
Art Historical Context
This striking engraving, *Allegory on the Glory Emperor Ferdinand II*, is to Italian artist Antonio Circignano (also known as Circign) or the French engraver Claude Mell. Created as a print on a generous sheet measuring 17¼ x 20⅜ inches, it exemplifies the intricate detail possible in 17th-century engraving—a technique where metal plates are incised with fine lines, inked, and pressed onto paper to produce multiples of complex images. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it was acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1962. The title reveals its purpose: a Bar...
About the Artist
Antonio Circignano or Circignani|Claude Mellan (Italian|French) · 1560 |1598 –1620 |1688
Italian, 1560–1620|French, Abbeville 1598–1688 Paris