Woman and Man Seated on Lionskin, Man Pouring Wine, from "Ex Antiquis Cameorum et Gemmae Delineata/ Liber Secundus/et ab Enea Vico Parmen Incis"
Medium
Engraving; third state
Dimensions
plate: 3 7/16 x 4 7/8 in. (8.8 x 12.4 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
49.97.427
Tags
Art Historical Context
This engraving, published between 1599 and 1622, belongs to Enea Vico’s influential series documenting ancient cameos and gems. Vico, a prominent 16th-century Italian engraver, created detailed reproductions of classical carved stones to preserve and study their imagery for scholars and collectors. The plate captures a lively mythological scene: a man and woman seated on a lionskin while another figure pours wine, evoking themes of abundance, sensuality, and heroic strength drawn from ancient Roman or Greek art. Executed in the precise technique of engraving, the work reflects the Renaissance...
About the Artist
Francesco Angeloni|Battista Franco|Philippe Thomassin|Enea Vico|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian|Italian|French|Italian|Italian) · 1559 |1510 |1562 |1523 |1500 –1652 |1561 |1622 |1567 |1600
Terni 1559 or 1587–1652 Rome|Italian, Venice ca. 1510–1561 Venice|French, Troyes 1562–1622 Rome|Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara|