Bust of a woman in profile facing left, set in an elaborate frame with figures in niches at left and right
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.128
Tags
About the Artist
Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola)|Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau|Battista Angolo del Moro · 1510–1563
Andrea Schiavone, born Andrea Meldolla around 1510 or 1515 in Zara (modern Zadar, Croatia), in Venetian-ruled Dalmatia, hailed from a family rooted in Meldola near Forlì in Romagna, Emilia-Romagna. His father, Simon Meldolla, served as a garrison commander there, and both parents originated from Meldola, where the family held property into the early 16th century. Nicknamed "Schiavone"—"the Slav"—a...