Clio by Francesco Primaticcio|Léon Davent|Anonymous, French-Italian, 17th century

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet (trimmed): 8 11/16 × 6 7/8 in. (22 × 17.4 cm) Mount: 8 11/16 in. × 6 15/16 in. (22 × 17.7 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Accession Number

49.95.316

Tags

Female Nudes

About the Artist

Francesco Primaticcio|Léon Davent|Anonymous, French-Italian, 17th century · 15041570

Primaticcio was the most influential Italian artist in France in the 16th century. Together with Rosso Fiorentino they created a style of mixing stucco decoration with mannerist paintings that became known as the Fontainebleau school. Italian painter, architect and sculptor. Comment on works: Religious; Allegory; History.

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