Two putti presenting cups full of gold to a putto in the guise of the god of riches, from a series of tapestries made for Leo X
ca. 1530–40
Medium
Engraving, second state of two
Dimensions
sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 7/16 in. (21 x 29 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.97.331
Tags
About the Artist
Master of the Die|Antonio Lafreri · 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...