Design for a Cup Supported by Standing Nudes with Standard of Seated Figure with Book and Bird
16th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash
Dimensions
sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (17.5 x 23.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1948
Accession Number
48.91.7
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Jacopo da Empoli (Jacopo Chimenti) · 1551–1640
**Jacopo da Empoli (Jacopo Chimenti)** was an Italian painter born on 30 April 1551 in Florence and who died there on 30 September 1640. He became known by the name of his father’s birthplace, Empoli, and worked primarily in his native city as a leading figure in the Florentine Reformist or Counter-Mannerist movement. He apprenticed under Maso da San Friano and drew inspiration from earlier Manne...