Sleeping Venus and Love
Medium
Etching and stipple
Dimensions
Image and border: 7 3/16 × 5 3/16 in. (18.2 × 13.2 cm) Plate: 7 13/16 × 9 11/16 in. (19.8 × 24.6 cm) Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 5/8 in. (22.6 × 29.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.533.646
Tags
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Cipriani|Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Rowlandson · 1766–1839
Giovanni Battista Cipriani was born on April 20, 1766, in Siena, Italy, to Simon Pietro Cipriani and Eva Bandini. He grew up alongside his brothers Barbato, a sculptor, and Galgano, an engraver, in a family immersed in the arts. Cipriani began his education studying Latin and mathematics before pursuing fine arts under the sculptor and architect Giuseppe Silini in Siena.) His talent earned him a p...