Figure pierced by an arrow, holding a serpent and surrounded by flames
Manuel Manilla|José Guadalupe Posada
ca 1890–1910
Medium
Type-metal engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 13/16 × 3 3/4 in. (12.2 × 9.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
Accession Number
46.46.425
Tags
SerpentsFireHuman Figures
About the Artist
Manuel Manilla|José Guadalupe Posada
Manuel Manilla was a Mexican engraver and printmaker active in Mexico City during the late nineteenth century, where he became one of the most prolific popular artists of his era. Working primarily for the publishing house of Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, Manilla produced hundreds of woodcut and metal engravings that illustrated broadsheets, corridos, and cheap printed literature consumed by a wide urba...