The Banquet of Scipio
Antonio Fantuzzi
1543
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 42.8 × 58.4 cm (16 7/8 × 23 in.)
Classification
prints and drawing
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
259636
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Antonio Fantuzzi · 1537–1545
**Antonio Fantuzzi** (active 1537–1550) was an Italian painter and printmaker born in Bologna who played a significant role in the First School of Fontainebleau during the French Renaissance. He worked in a Mannerist style, contributing to the lavish decorations of the Palace of Fontainebleau under royal patronage. Fantuzzi is recorded as a painter at Fontainebleau from 1537 onward, initially on ...