Pietà with Angels in Front of the Cross
Medium
Engraving; second state of two
Dimensions
Plate: 14 3/4 x 10 5/16 in. (37.5 x 26.2 cm) Sheet: 16 1/8 x 11 7/8 in. (41 x 30.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.553.9
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Nicolas Beatrizet|Michelangelo Buonarroti|Antonio Lafreri · 1515–1566
Nicolas Beatrizet, born around 1515 in Lunéville, Lorraine (then part of the Holy Roman Empire), emerged as one of the most prolific French engravers of the 16th century. Little is known about his early life and training, with no records of specific teachers or apprenticeships, though regional influences from German and Italian printmaking likely shaped his skills before he arrived in Rome around ...