The Emperor Meeting the Warrior
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
16 x 10 1/2 in. (40.6 x 26.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.574
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Art Historical Context
In the grand tradition of the High Renaissance, *The Emperor Meeting the Warrior (ca. 1516–17) is an exquisite engraving designed by the masterful Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) and executed by the skilled Venetian printmaker Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi). Measuring 16 x 10½ inches, this print captures a dramatic equestrian encounter between an emperor and a warrior, evoking themes of power, confrontation, and diplomacy amid horses and armored men. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it exemplifies how Raphael's innovative compositions—know...