Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Small Portraits of the Popes from Christ to Sixtus V
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 15 7/8 x 20 7/16 in. (40.4 x 51.9 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(3.95)
Tags
ChristProfilesPopes
About the Artist
Antonio Lafreri|Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla|Claudio Duchetti · 1507–1577
Antonio Lafreri, born Antoine du Pérac Lafréry around 1512 in Orgelet in the County of Burgundy (modern-day France), emerged as one of the most influential print publishers of the 16th century after settling in Rome around 1540. His early life and training remain sparsely documented, with no records of specific teachers or art schools; he arrived in the Eternal City as an engraver, producing works...