Prologue; the stage curtain is lifted to reveal a soldier on an elephant surrounded by his army; above Jupiter and his eagle look down on men carrying boulders; set design from 'La Monarchia Latina Trionfante'

Prologue; the stage curtain is lifted to reveal a soldier on an elephant surrounded by his army; above Jupiter and his eagle look down on men carrying boulders; set design from 'La Monarchia Latina Trionfante' by Mathäus Küsel|Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 11 3/4 × 16 7/8 in. (29.8 × 42.8 cm)

Classification

Prints|Prints-Fete|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953

Accession Number

53.600.3576

Tags

EaglesTheatreSoldiersJupiterElephantsStage Design

About the Artist

Mathäus Küsel|Ludovico Ottaviano Burnacini · 16291681

Matthäus Küsel (1629–1681) was a distinguished German copper engraver who achieved prominence as court engraver to the Holy Roman Emperor, earning the prestigious title of imperial court engraver (Hofkupferstecher). Born into the renowned Augsburg engraving and goldsmith family Küsel, Matthäus represented the height of German reproductive engraving in the Baroque period. His extensive oeuvre encom...

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