Two Philosophers Watching an Eclipse
Pierre Brebiette
1615–42
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 7/16 x 6 5/16 in. (11.3 x 16.1cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1975
Accession Number
1975.607.9
Tags
MenAstronomyPhilosophers
About the Artist
Pierre Brebiette · 1598–1642
Pierre Brébiette (c. 1598–c. 1642) was a French painter and etcher whose elegant, sensuous treatment of classical mythology and allegory earned him a significant reputation in early seventeenth-century Paris. Born in Mantes-sur-Seine, Brébiette traveled to Italy as a young man and lived and worked in Rome from around 1617 to approximately 1625, absorbing the influences of ancient sculpture, Renais...