Antonine Baths, or Baths of Caracalla
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 9.5 × 12.7 cm (3 3/4 × 5 in.) sheet: 15.1 × 21.5 cm (5 15/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Andrée and Jonathan Bober
Accession Number
2022.189.3
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Mercati · 1591–1645
Giovanni Battista Mercati (1591–1645) was an Italian Baroque painter and engraver whose career exemplified the vibrant artistic culture of 17th-century Italy, particularly in Rome and his native Tuscany. Baptized on October 1, 1591, in Borgo San Sepolcro (Sansepolcro), Tuscany, Mercati moved to Rome to pursue greater opportunities in the papal capital, where he became a member of the prestigious A...