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
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)
Tags
About the Artist
Richard Earlom|Salvator Rosa|John Boydell|Peter Paul Rubens|Lodewijk de Vadder · 1728–1794
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...