An allegory of sickness, man laying prostrate on a bed surrounded by figures
Giorgio Ghisi|Giulio Romano
ca. 1540
Medium
Engraving (only state)
Dimensions
sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 7/16 in. (29.8 x 21.4 cm) trimmed within platemark
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Michal and R.E. Lewis, 1984
Accession Number
1984.1155
Tags
IllnessSufferingMenWomen
About the Artist
Giorgio Ghisi|Giulio Romano · 1520–1582
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 ...