Who created "L'Enfer des Beautés Cruelles, plate 5 from "The Decameron""?

L'Enfer des Beautés Cruelles, plate 5 from "The Decameron" was created by Léopold Flameng|Giovanni Boccaccio in 1873.

What medium is "L'Enfer des Beautés Cruelles, plate 5 from "The Decameron""?

L'Enfer des Beautés Cruelles, plate 5 from "The Decameron" is Etching; proof before letter.

Is "L'Enfer des Beautés Cruelles, plate 5 from "The Decameron"" in the public domain?

Yes, L'Enfer des Beautés Cruelles, plate 5 from "The Decameron" is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

L'Enfer des Beautés Cruelles, plate 5 from "The Decameron"

Léopold Flameng|Giovanni Boccaccio

1873

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Medium

Etching; proof before letter

Dimensions

Sheet: 8 9/16 × 7 3/8 in. (21.7 × 18.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959

Accession Number

59.500.589(6)

About the Artist

Léopold Flameng|Giovanni Boccaccio · 1831–1911

Léopold Flameng (1831–1911) was one of the most accomplished and influential French engravers of the 19th century, whose exceptional technical mastery and artistic sensitivity made him the preeminent interpreter of paintings by old and modern masters through the medium of engraving. Born in Brussels on November 22, 1831, to French parents, and dying at Courgent, near Paris, on September 5, 1911, F...

L'Enfer des Beautés Cruelles, plate 5 from "The Decameron"

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