Man Seated Beneath a Statue of Bacchus, Receiving an Audience
Battista Franco
ca. 1530–61
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 14 3/8 × 19 11/16 in. (36.5 × 50 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.620.222
Tags
MenBacchusDogs
About the Artist
Battista Franco · 1510–1561
Battista Franco, known as il Semolei, was born in Venice around 1510, though his career unfolded largely in Rome and at the courts of central and northern Italy. He came to Rome in his twenties and immediately fell under two powerful spells: the inexhaustible riches of classical antiquity and the overwhelming presence of Michelangelo. Franco spent years making drawings after ancient sculptures and...