Dance of the Dryades
Medium
engraving on blue paper
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Accession Number
1976.80.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Probably French 16th Century after Pierre Milan after Rosso Fiorentino
**The anonymous engraver known as “Probably French 16th Century after Pierre Milan after Rosso Fiorentino”** represents the vibrant but often unattributed world of French printmaking in the mid-to-late sixteenth century. Early life details for this artist remain undocumented, as is common for many craftsmen who worked in the orbit of the royal workshops at Fontainebleau. Active during the period w...