Dancing Figure
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 16 1/8 x 21 3/4 in. (41 x 55.2 cm) plate: 13 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (35.3 x 21.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Burton Emmett, 1929
Accession Number
29.49.53b
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the graceful *Dancing Figure*, an etching by the esteemed Italian artist Carlo Maratti (1625–1713), a master of the late Baroque era whose classical style drew inspiration from Renaissance giants like Raphael and the Carracci family. Created in an unknown date, this print captures a dynamic female form in mid-movement, evoking the elegance and vitality of 17th-century Roman art circles where Maratti thrived as a leading painter and draughtsman. Etching, the medium here, was a revolutionary printmaking technique in Maratti's time, allowing artists to incise intricate lines into a copper...
About the Artist
Carlo Maratti · 1625–1713
Son of a Dalmatian father. Known as the last major Italian artist of the classical tradition, which had originated with Raphael. He created a grandiose and decorative style that was valued by his ecclesiastical patrons. Comment on works: History; Religious.