Annibale Carracci Introduces Painting to Apollo and Minerva
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed to plate): 18 1/8 × 25 1/4 in. (46 × 64.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.2593
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the grand tradition of 17th-century Italian art, *Annibale Carracci Introdu Painting to Apollo and Minerva (1674) is a masterful etching and engraving created by Pietro Aquila after a design by Carlo Maratti, and published by Giovanni Giacomo De. This large-scale print (18 1/8 × 25 1/4 in.) captures a mythological allegory where the renowned Bolognese painter Annib Carracci— a pivotal figure in the Baroque era—presents the personified art of Painting to Apollo, god of light, poetry, and the arts, and Minerva, goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare. Surrounded by playful putti (cherubic inf...
About the Artist
Pietro Aquila|Carlo Maratti|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi · 1592–1692
Comment on works: History; Engraver