Bust portrait of Frans Floris
1531–76
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 7 5/16 x 5 3/16 in. (18.5 x 13.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957
Accession Number
57.585.5
Tags
Art Historical Context
This elegant bust portrait of Frans Flor, created by the Italian engraver Giulio Bon (active 1531–76), captures the likeness of the renowned Flemish painter in a intimate, shoulder-length view. Bonasone, a master of the reproductive print, likely drew from a painted original to immortalize Floris, a key figure in 16th-century Northern Manner known for his dynamic history paintings and mythological scenes. Produced during the Renaissance heyday of printmaking, this work exemplifies how engravings bridged artistic circles across Europe, sharing images of luminaries like Floris far beyond their h...
About the Artist
Giulio Bonasone · 1500–1600
Comment on works: History; Mythology