Portrait of Pope Pius IV
Nicolas Beatrizet
mid-16th century
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 14 1/16 × 10 1/8 in. (35.7 × 25.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
Accession Number
25.2.29
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenProfilesPopesCoat of Arms
About the Artist
Nicolas Beatrizet · 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 ...