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
Sheet (Trimmed): 4 1/8 × 5 13/16 in. (10.5 × 14.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.331.3
Tags
TritonNymphsUrns
About the Artist
Giulio Carpioni · 1613–1678
Comment on works: Allegory; Mythology