Phyllis holding a lamb
Medium
Stipple engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 13 15/16 × 9 1/4 in. (35.4 × 23.5 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
51.501.4205
Art Historical Context
This stipple engraving, titled *Phyllis Holding a Lamb* and dated 1782, represents a collaborative effort between the Italian painter Carlo Dolci and the German engraver Heinrich Sintzenich. Dolci, renowned for his meticulous Baroque style and devotional imagery, likely created the original composition, which Sintzenich then translated into print form. The result captures a tender pastoral scene of a young woman cradling a lamb, evoking themes of innocence, care, and rural simplicity that resonated with 18th-century audiences. Stipple engraving, the medium used here, involves building images ...