Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with a print and a drawing (a): Head in Profile of Prodigal Son; (b): The Wagonner (after Peter Paul Rubens) in Jean-Paul Mariette mount

Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with a print and a drawing (a): Head in Profile of Prodigal Son; (b): The Wagonner (after Peter Paul Rubens) in Jean-Paul Mariette mount by Richard Earlom|Salvator Rosa|John Boydell|Peter Paul Rubens|Lodewijk de Vadder

Medium

(a): engraving; (b): watercolor, graphite and black ink

Dimensions

Leaf: 28 15/16 × 20 1/2 in. (73.5 × 52 cm)

Classification

Drawings|Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925

Accession Number

25.62.53v(a,b)

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About the Artist

Richard Earlom|Salvator Rosa|John Boydell|Peter Paul Rubens|Lodewijk de Vadder · 17281794

Richard Earlom (1743–1822) stands as one of the supreme masters of mezzotint engraving in British art history, whose technical virtuosity and dedication to reproductive printmaking brought the works of Old Masters to unprecedented audiences. Born in London on May 14, 1743, Earlom spent his entire career transforming paintings and drawings into prints of extraordinary quality, elevating reproductiv...

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