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The Shipwrecked Alphone Rescues Lisamante from a Panther
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The Shipwrecked Alphone Rescues Lisamante from a Panther

1599–1661

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brown wash highlighted with white, on brownish paper

Dimensions

11 5/8 x 8 3/4in. (29.6 x 22.2cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Andrea Sacchi

1599–1661Papal States

Son and pupil of Benedetto Sacchi. He then worked with Francesco Albano and studied Raphael, Polidoro da Caravaggio and the artists of antiquity. He later trained numerous pupils, most notably Lauri, Gazzi and Carlo Maratti. Comment on works: Portrait; History