The Sacrifice
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 10 15/16 × 16 1/4 in. (27.8 × 41.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Accession Number
24.63.1104
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *The Sacrifice*, a compelling 1542 etching by Antonio Fantuzzi after a design by Rosso Fiorentino, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints collection. Measuring roughly 11 × 16 inches (trimmed sheet), this print the collaborative spirit of the Fontainebleau School, where Italian Mannerists like Rosso—known for his elegant distortions and emotional intensity—worked at the French royal palace, influencing a new artistic wave. Etching, a relatively new technique in the 16th century, allowed Fantuzzi to capture Rosso's painterly vision with fluid lines and tonal depth, ...