The Apostles looking at Christ and the Virgin in a Glory of Angels (top left plate)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
15 11/16 x 21 in. (39.8 x 53.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.97.547
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
AngelsChristVirgin MaryApostles
About the Artist
Léon Davent|Giulio Romano · 1540–1556
**Léon Davent** (also known as Master L.D. or the monogrammist L.D.) was a French printmaker active in the mid-16th century, best known for his work in both engraving and etching. He played a leading role in the printmaking workshop associated with the First School of Fontainebleau at the Palace of Fontainebleau during the 1540s. His prints, often signed simply “L.D.,” reproduced designs by Italia...