Pluto gaat de onderwereld in
Pietro Sante Bartoli
c. 1693 - 1700
Medium
etching
Dimensions
191; 255
About this artwork
Prent uit een reeks van negen prenten naar de wand- en plafondschilderingen ontworpen door Giulio Romano voor de Sala dei Giganti in Palazzo del Te in Mantua (1523-1535).
About the Artist
Pietro Sante Bartoli · 1615–1700
Pietro Santi Bartoli, born in Perugia in 1635, emerged as a pivotal figure in the Roman antiquarian revival of the late seventeenth century. Relocating to Rome as a youth, he initially pursued painting, studying under the French artist Jean Lemaire—known as "Le Petit Lemaire"—and later under the esteemed Nicolas Poussin, whose classical rigor profoundly shaped his early approach. Though traces of ...