Fantastical Masked Female Heads
Medium
Engraving; second state of two
Dimensions
sheet: 6 1/4 x 11 1/8 in. (15.8 x 28.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955
Accession Number
55.594.9
Art Historical Context
Behold the *Fantastical Masked Female Heads*, a captivating engraving by French artist René Boyvin, faithfully reproducing a design by the Italian Mannerist master Rosso Fiorentino. Created in the 16th century (exact date unknown), this second of two impressions measures 6 1/4 x 11 1/8 inches and exemplifies the era's fascination with the grotesque and imaginative. Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1955 through The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, it resides in the Drawings and Prints department. Rosso Fiorentino, a key figure in Mannerism—a stylish movement bridging the High Renaissance a...
About the Artist
René Boyvin|Rosso Fiorentino · 1525–1580
French, Angers ca. 1525–1598 or 1625/6 Angers