Victory reclining amid trophies
ca. 1498–1500
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 5 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (13.7 x 19.3 cm) trimmed to plate; slightly irregular
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
19.7.5
Tags
Art Historical Context
Created around 1498–1500 by the Venetian artist Jacopo de’ Barbari, *Victory Reclining amid Trophies* is a finely detailed engraving that captures the Renaissance fascination with classical allegory. The diminutive plate shows the winged personification of Victory reclining gracefully among suits of armor and martial spoils, evoking both triumph and the spoils of war. Measuring just over five by seven inches, the print demonstrates de’ Barbari’s mastery of the burin, with crisp lines and subtle modeling that allow the figure to emerge from the copper plate with remarkable clarity. As one of t...
About the Artist
Jacopo de' Barbari · 1497–1516
Jacopo de' Barbari (c. 1460/70–before 1516) was an Italian painter, printmaker, and miniaturist of Venetian background whose career unfolded across the courts and workshops of northern Europe, making him one of the most important conduits between Italian Renaissance art and the northern artistic tradition in the years around 1500. Little is known of his training or his early decades; Alvise Vivari...