The vision of Ezekiel, with the dead rising and putting on their flesh, God the Father above in the sky
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 15 1/16 × 20 11/16 in. (38.3 × 52.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Jenny Philippsohn, in memory of Siegfried Philippsohn, 1955
Accession Number
55.557.14
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Fontana|Raphael Saitel
Giovanni Battista Fontana (1524-1587) was an Italian painter and engraver from the Veneto region who achieved his greatest success working for the Habsburg court in Austria. Born at Ala near Verona in 1524 (not Venice as sometimes stated) and dying on September 25, 1587, Fontana's career exemplifies the mobility of skilled artists in the sixteenth century and the importance of aristocratic patrona...