The Lovers
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (15 x 10.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.1877
Tags
Art Historical Context
**The Lovers**, a delicate 17th-century etching attributed to an anonymous Italian artist—possibly inspired by the Mannerist style of Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)—captures an intimate moment between embracing figures. Measuring just 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches, this small-scale print exemplifies the intimacy of etchings, a technique where acid etches intricate lines into a metal plate, allowing for fine details and tonal subtlety. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it entered the collection via the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund in 1917. Etchings...