The Triumph of Scipio who rides on a horse followed by captured slaves
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 7 11/16 x 9 7/16 in. (19.5 x 24 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.16-152
Tags
GatesSoldiersMen
About the Artist
Master of the Die|Philippe Thomassin · 1525–1560
**Master of the Die** (fl. 1525–1560) was an anonymous Italian engraver and printmaker active primarily in Rome during the mid-16th century. Named for the distinctive small die he used to sign his prints—a tiny emblematic mark that became his moniker—this elusive artist remains unidentified despite scholarly proposals linking him to figures like Benedetto Verino, Giovanni Francesco Zabello, Tommas...