Jupiter and Mercury with Philemon and Baucis
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 12 5/16 × 15 13/16 in. (31.3 × 40.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.7679
Tags
About the Artist
Johannes Meyssens|Peter Paul Rubens|Anonymous · 1612–1670
Joannes Meyssens (1612–1670), also known as Johannes, Jan, or Jean Meyssens, was a Flemish Baroque painter, engraver, and print publisher whose career exemplifies the multifaceted nature of seventeenth-century artistic enterprise. Born in Brussels on May 17, 1612, and active primarily in Antwerp where he died on September 18, 1670, Meyssens made his most significant contribution not through his pa...