The Venetian Wedding
1585/1600
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.4 × 16.2 cm (6 1/2 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 16.6 × 16.4 cm (6 9/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
41602
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Here Johann Theodor de Bry miniaturized Hendrick Goltzius’s rectangular engraving, which was over four times as wide. The work is sometimes called Antenor’s Wedding from its inscription, which reads, “Behold the great nuptial rites of Antenor, in the manner of the patricians of the Venetian Senate . . . Now it all can be seen and admired throughout the world.” The mythological Trojan Antenor is said to have founded Venice before Rome even existed, and the city’s unique watery setting has always ...
About the Artist
Johann Theodor de Bry · 1561–1923
Comment on works: copper engraver