Plate 16: Hebe in a niche with her hands in the air, running to the left while looking to the right, from a series of mythological gods and goddesses
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 9/16 × 4 1/2 in. (21.7 × 11.5 cm) Plate: 8 3/8 × 4 5/16 in. (21.3 × 11 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.318.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold Plate 16 from a captivating series of mythological gods and goddesses, featuring Hebe, the youthful Greek goddess of eternal youth and cupbearer to the Olympians. Designed by the innovative Mannerist painter Rosso Fiorentino and masterfully engraved by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio in 1526, this work captures Hebe in dynamic motion: dashing to the left within a classical niche, her arms raised gracefully while her gaze turns coyly rightward. The female nude, rendered with elegant elongation and fluid lines, exemplifies the Renaissance fascination with antiquity and the human form. Caraglio'...
About the Artist
Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio|Rosso Fiorentino · 1500–1565
Italian, Parma or Verona ca. 1500/1505–1565 Krakow (?)