Portrait of Ioannes Altus (Johann Alten), of the Swiss Guard, standing by the Quirinal and pointing out the antiquities of Rome
Medium
Etching; first state of two
Dimensions
sheet: 14 x 20 11/16 in. (35.5 x 52.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.919
Rights
Public Domain
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About the Artist
Francesco Villamena|Giovanni Altoviti · 1565–1624
Francesco Villamena (ca. 1565–1624), born in Assisi, emerged as one of the foremost Italian engravers of the late Mannerist era, renowned for his reproductive prints that disseminated the masterpieces of High Renaissance artists across Europe. He studied under the Dutch engraver Cornelis Cort in Rome, where he arrived during the papacy of Sixtus V (1585–1590), honing his technique by copying Cort'...