Plate LXXI (71): Narcissus, from "Museum Florentinum" (Statuae antiquae dorum et virorum illustrium)
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 10 1/16 in. (38 × 25.5 cm) Plate: 14 3/16 × 9 1/16 in. (36 × 23 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession Number
2019.282.129
Tags
Art Historical Context
This engraving and etching of Narcissus, Plate LXXI from the 1734 publication *Museum Florentinum*, captures an ancient statue of the mythological youth gazing at his reflection. Created through the collaborative efforts of draftsman Giovanni Domenico Campiglia and engraver Carlo Gregori, the print belongs to a multi-volume catalog documenting celebrated antiquities in Florentine collections. The precise linework of etching combined with engraving allowed for remarkably detailed reproduction of the sculpture’s form, drapery, and idealized anatomy. Published during the height of the Grand Tour...
About the Artist
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia|Carlo Gregori · 1692–1775
Italian painter and printmaker.