Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto offering their crowns to the arms of Cardinal Borghese
Simone Cantarini
1642–43
Medium
Etching; second state of four
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 12 3/8 × 17 5/16 in. (31.5 × 44 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Burton Emmett, 1929
Accession Number
29.49.38
Tags
EaglesJupiterNeptuneHorsesPluto
About the Artist
Simone Cantarini · 1612–1648
He was one of the most eminent pupils of Guido Reni and one of the most gifted engravers in the tradition of the Carracci. He had a strong personality and developed a highly original style, which united aspects of Bolognese classicism with a bold naturalism. Comment on works: Religious