L'Imperio Vendicato
1630–1700
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 8 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (22.5 x 16.5 cm) plate: 7 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (20 x 15.5 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
51.501.2606
Tags
About the Artist
Pietro Santi Bartoli|Carlo Maratti · 1615–1700
Pietro Santi Bartoli, born in Perugia in 1635, emerged as a pivotal figure in the Roman antiquarian revival of the late seventeenth century. Relocating to Rome as a youth, he initially pursued painting, studying under the French artist Jean Lemaire—known as "Le Petit Lemaire"—and later under the esteemed Nicolas Poussin, whose classical rigor profoundly shaped his early approach. Though traces of ...