Frieze with Tritons and Nymphs
1490–1530
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 5/16 × 12 1/2 in. (11 × 31.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.570.31
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the mythical seascape of Girolamo Mocetto's *Frieze with Tritons Nymphs*, an enchanting engraving from around 1490–1530. This Italian Renaissance artist, active in Mantua and Venice captures a lively procession of half-human sea deities—Tritons with their twisting fish tails and conch shells—and graceful nymphs amid swirling waves. Measuring just 4 5/16 × 12 1/2 inches, the delicate sheet evokes the grandeur of ancient Roman friezes, reimagined through Mocetto's precise line work. Mocetto, influenced by masters like Andrea Mantegna, excelled in engraving, a revolutionary printmaking...
About the Artist
Girolamo Mocetto · 1470–1531
Comment on works: Religious