Emblem of Lucrezia Gonzaga
Giorgio Ghisi|Lucrezia Gonzaga
before 1566
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
3 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (9.6 x 7.4 cm) platemark
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1998
Accession Number
1998.243
Tags
CaryatidsFruitDeerTreesEmblems
About the Artist
Giorgio Ghisi|Lucrezia Gonzaga · 1520–1582
Giorgio Ghisi (c. 1520–1582) was one of the most accomplished engravers of the Italian Renaissance, renowned for translating the monumental compositions of Raphael, Giulio Romano, and Michelangelo into the exacting medium of the burin. Born in Mantua, he trained in an environment shaped by the legacy of Giulio Romano's decoration of the Palazzo del Te, and the grandeur of that Mannerist tradition ...