Head of Satyr and Three Figures, from "Ex Antiquis Cameorum et Gemmae Delineata/ Liber Secundus/et ab Enea Vico Parmen Incis"
Medium
Engraving; third state
Dimensions
plate: 3 7/16 x 4 7/8 in. (8.8 x 12.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.97.415
Tags
Art Historical Context
This engraving, titled *Head of Satyr and Three Figures*, comes from a seventeenth-century publication documenting ancient cameos and gems. Published around 1599–1622 and associated with the work of Enea Vico of Parma, the print captures classical motifs—prominently a satyr’s head alongside nude male and female figures—in a compact format typical of scholarly volumes that circulated among collectors and antiquarians. Such books helped preserve and disseminate knowledge of Greco-Roman art during a period of renewed interest in antiquity. Created as an engraving in its third state, the work sho...
About the Artist
Francesco Angeloni|Battista Franco|Philippe Thomassin|Enea Vico|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian|Italian|French|Italian|Italian) · 1559 |1510 |1562 |1523 |1500 –1652 |1561 |1622 |1567 |1600
Terni 1559 or 1587–1652 Rome|Italian, Venice ca. 1510–1561 Venice|French, Troyes 1562–1622 Rome|Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara|