Leopold I of Austria as Jupiter with his wife enthroned in the clouds, looking down on the struggling giants below

Leopold I of Austria as Jupiter with his wife enthroned in the clouds, looking down on the struggling giants below by Mathäus Küsel|Mauro Oddi

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 18 5/8 × 12 13/16 in. (47.3 × 32.6 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

51.501.2863

About the Artist

Mathäus Küsel|Mauro Oddi · 16291681

Matthäus Küsel (1629–1681) was a distinguished German copper engraver who achieved prominence as court engraver to the Holy Roman Emperor, earning the prestigious title of imperial court engraver (Hofkupferstecher). Born into the renowned Augsburg engraving and goldsmith family Küsel, Matthäus represented the height of German reproductive engraving in the Baroque period. His extensive oeuvre encom...

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