Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Naval Battle
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 9 5/8 x 16 1/8 in. (24.5 x 41 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(2.122)
Tags
BattlesSoldiersMale NudesBoats
About the Artist
Giulio Romano|Antonio Lafreri|Master of the Die|Paolo Graziani · 1499–1546
Giulio Romano (c. 1499–1546) was the most gifted pupil of Raphael and one of the founding figures of Mannerism, the style that succeeded the High Renaissance in Italy. Born Giulio Pippi in Rome, he entered Raphael's workshop as a boy and proved so talented that by the time of Raphael's death in 1520 he was effectively running the studio and overseeing the completion of major unfinished commissions...