Disegni Varij di Polifilo Zancarli (Friezes)
Medium
etching
Dimensions
Plate: 4 15/16 x 17 3/8 in. (12.6 x 44.1 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.20.13(11)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints collection, where you'll find *Disegni Varij di Polifilo Zanc (Friezes)*, an exquisite etching from around 1625 attributed to Polifilo Giarli and Odoardo Fialetti. This wide plate, measuring nearly 17 inches across, captures a series of ornate friezes in the tradition of Renaissance and early Baroque ornamentation. Fialetti, a skilled Venetian printmaker who trained under Tintoretto, specialized in reproductive prints that disseminated intricate designs Europe. Etching, a precise intaglio technique using acid to bite lines into a met...
About the Artist
Polifilo Giancarli|Odoardo Fialetti (Italian|Italian) · 1600 |1573 –1625 |1638
active in Venice ca. 1600–1625|Italian, Bologna 1573–1637/38 Venice