Four women surrounding a seated figure, a bird above them, set within an elaborate frame
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 5 3/16 × 7 5/16 in. (13.1 × 18.5 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.70.3(215)
Tags
About the Artist
Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola)|Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau|Battista Angolo del Moro · 1510–1563
Andrea Schiavone, born Andrea Meldolla around 1510 or 1515 in Zara (modern Zadar, Croatia), in Venetian-ruled Dalmatia, hailed from a family rooted in Meldola near Forlì in Romagna, Emilia-Romagna. His father, Simon Meldolla, served as a garrison commander there, and both parents originated from Meldola, where the family held property into the early 16th century. Nicknamed "Schiavone"—"the Slav"—a...