Arte dell'Armi di Achille Marozzo Bolognese (The Art of Arms, by Achille Marozzo of Bologna)
Medium
Engraving on paper, pigment, leather, gold
Dimensions
8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (21.6 x 15.6 cm)
Classification
Books & Manuscripts
Culture
Italian, Venice
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, 1922
Accession Number
22.149.1
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Fontana|Achille Marozzo|Giulio Fontana
Giovanni Battista Fontana (1524-1587) was an Italian painter and engraver from the Veneto region who achieved his greatest success working for the Habsburg court in Austria. Born at Ala near Verona in 1524 (not Venice as sometimes stated) and dying on September 25, 1587, Fontana's career exemplifies the mobility of skilled artists in the sixteenth century and the importance of aristocratic patrona...