Procession of Monstrous Figures
Medium
Etching, frieze 1 of 8 plates
Dimensions
sheet: 3 7/16 x 8 3/8 in. (8.8 x 21.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2002
Accession Number
2002.412h
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the whimsical yet eerie world of Wendel Dietterlin the’s *Procession of Monst Figures* (1615), the first etching in an ambitious eight-plate frieze. This compact print, measuring just 3 7/16 x 8 3/8 inches, parades a fantastical array of hybrid creatures—part human, part beast—in a lively procession. Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art through the A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund and Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, it exemplifies the German artist’s mastery of the grotesque. Dietterlin, a prominent Mannerist active in early 17th-century Germany, drew inspiration from Renaissance d...