Ganymede
March 1, 1771
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 6 x 4 3/16 in. (15.3 x 10.7 cm) sheet: 8 13/16 x 5 7/16 in. (22.4 x 13.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2011
Accession Number
2011.88(16)
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Matthew Darly|Mary Darly|Samuel Drybutter · 1720–1780
**Matthew Darly (also known as Matthias Darly, c. 1720–1780)** was a versatile British printseller, engraver, caricaturist, and furniture designer active in London throughout the mid-to-late eighteenth century. His early training began with an apprenticeship in 1735 to clockmaker Umfraville Sampson. He later established himself as a prominent figure in the print trade, operating shops known as “T...