Apollo Slaying Python, plate one from The History of Apollo and Daphne
c. 1532
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image plate: 21.8 × 17.6 cm (8 5/8 × 6 15/16 in.); Text plate: 2.6 × 17.6 cm (1 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 24 × 17.6 cm (9 1/2 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80137
About the Artist
Master of the Die · 1525–1560
**Master of the Die** (fl. 1525–1560) was an anonymous Italian engraver and printmaker active primarily in Rome during the mid-16th century. Named for the distinctive small die he used to sign his prints—a tiny emblematic mark that became his moniker—this elusive artist remains unidentified despite scholarly proposals linking him to figures like Benedetto Verino, Giovanni Francesco Zabello, Tommas...