Christ on a boat with fishermen
Antonio Capellan|Domenico Corvi
ca. 1760–93
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 1 15/16 × 2 15/16 in. (4.9 × 7.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.4628
About the Artist
Antonio Capellan|Domenico Corvi · 1735–1795
Antonio Capellan (ca. 1740–1793) was an Italian engraver active in Venice and Rome during the Neoclassical period, specializing in reproductive prints that disseminated images of Italian Renaissance masterworks. Born around 1740 in Venice, Capellan trained with Joseph Wagner, a prominent printmaker who influenced a generation of Venetian engravers. This apprenticeship established Capellan's techni...