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Water, represented by a naiad seated at the base of a tree and resting her arm on a supine urn from which water flows, behind her a triton and other inhabitants of the sea rise from the water surface, from "The Elements"

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Water, represented by a naiad seated at the base of a tree and resting her arm on a supine urn from which water flows, behind her a triton and other inhabitants of the sea rise from the water surface, from "The Elements"

Giulio Carpioni

1640–60

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Plate: 4 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (10.8 × 15.9 cm) Sheet: 8 7/16 × 11 3/4 in. (21.5 × 29.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Museum Accession, by exchange, 1967

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giulio Carpioni

1613–1678 • Republic of Venice

Comment on works: Allegory; Mythology

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