Bathing Nymphs
Medium
Etching; second state of two
Dimensions
Plate: 9 3/8 × 11 5/8 in. (23.8 × 29.5 cm) Sheet: 11 1/4 × 13 9/16 in. (28.5 × 34.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Accession Number
2018.839.138
Art Historical Context
**Bathing Nymphs** is a delicate etching created in 1787 through a collaboration between Italian artist Giovanni Battista Cipriani who designed the composition, and the renowned engraver Francesco Bartozzi, who executed the plate. Dated March 1, this the second state of two measuring 9 3/8 × 11 5/8 inches on the plate Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's and Prints department, it entered the collection via the 2008 bequest of Herbert Mitchell. The scene captures ethereal nymphs in a moment of classical reverie, evoking the mythological grace of ancient Greco-Roman bathing motifs. Cipria...
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Cipriani|Francesco Bartolozzi|Francesco Bartolozzi · 1766–1839
Giovanni Battista Cipriani was born on April 20, 1766, in Siena, Italy, to Simon Pietro Cipriani and Eva Bandini. He grew up alongside his brothers Barbato, a sculptor, and Galgano, an engraver, in a family immersed in the arts. Cipriani began his education studying Latin and mathematics before pursuing fine arts under the sculptor and architect Giuseppe Silini in Siena.) His talent earned him a p...