Drie mannen en een Amazone

About this artwork

plaatrand: hoogte 136 mm x breedte 126 mm

Art Historical Context

**Drie mannen en eenone** is a delicate etching by Pietro Santi Bart, an Italian artist active in Rome during the late 17th century (c. 1645–1700). Measuring just 136 mm high by 126 mm wide, this print captures a dynamic scene titled "Three Men and an," evoking the fierce mythology of ancient warrior women clashing with male figures. Bartoli, a master engraver, specialized in reproductive prints that preserved classical antiquities for scholars and collectors, bridging Renaissance humanism with Baroque exuberance. Etching, Bartoli's chosen medium, involved biting acid into a metal plate to cr...

About the Artist

Pietro Sante Bartoli · 1615–1700

Pietro Santi Bartoli, born in Perugia in 1635, emerged as a pivotal figure in the Roman antiquarian revival of the late seventeenth century. Relocating to Rome as a youth, he initially pursued painting, studying under the French artist Jean Lemaire—known as "Le Petit Lemaire"—and later under the esteemed Nicolas Poussin, whose classical rigor profoundly shaped his early approach. Though traces of ...