Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Moses after the sculpture by Michelangelo
16th century
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
mount: 19 1/8 x 12 13/16 in. (48.5 x 32.5 cm) sheet: 14 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (36.5 x 24.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941
Accession Number
41.72(3.77)
Tags
About the Artist
Jacob Matham|Michelangelo Buonarroti · 1571–1631
**Jacob Matham: Master Engraver of Haarlem** Jacob Matham was born on October 15, 1571, in Haarlem, in the Northern Netherlands, into a burgeoning artistic milieu. Following his father's early death, his mother married the renowned painter and engraver Hendrick Goltzius in 1579, who adopted the young Jacob and trained him rigorously in the workshop as his stepson and pupil. Matham's first signed ...