Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Triumph of Marcus Aurelius
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 16 3/8 x 10 11/16 in. (41.6 x 27.1 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(2.132)
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About this artwork
This double-sided drawing shows a standing youth with hands behind his back and a seated youth reading on the recto, with two studies of hands on the verso, executed by Filippino Lippi in metalpoint heightened with white gouache on pink prepared paper between 1457/58 and 1504. The standing figure displays the lean, muscular anatomy typical of Florentine life studies, while the seated reader demonstrates Filippino's interest in depicting concentrated intellectual activity. The metalpoint techniqu...
About the Artist
Anonymous|Antonio Lafreri|Claudio Duchetti|Nicolas Beatrizet
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...