Jupiter and Semele embracing, an eagle beneath them, a tree at right with a blank tablet hanging from a branch, a winged putto holding a thunderbolt at left
Giulio Romano|Marco Dente
ca. 1515–27
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 11 1/8 × 7 15/16 in. (28.2 × 20.2 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
49.97.119
Tags
Female NudesPuttiEaglesJupiter
About the Artist
Giulio Romano|Marco Dente · 1499–1546
Giulio Romano (c. 1499–1546) was the most gifted pupil of Raphael and one of the founding figures of Mannerism, the style that succeeded the High Renaissance in Italy. Born Giulio Pippi in Rome, he entered Raphael's workshop as a boy and proved so talented that by the time of Raphael's death in 1520 he was effectively running the studio and overseeing the completion of major unfinished commissions...