Young Hercules
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
4 1/8 x 3 in. (10.5 x 7.6 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
49.97.86
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the *Young Hercules*, a captivating engraving from around 1514–36, created by the masterful engraver Agostino Venez (Agostino deii) after a design by sculptor Baccio Bandinelli. just 4 1/8 x 3 inches, this intimate print captures the mythical hero a youthful, muscular nude, embodying the Renaissance fascination with classical antiquity and the human form. Housed in Metropolitan Museum of Art's and Prints department, it the collaborative spirit of 16th-century Italian workshops, where engravers like Veneziano reproduced sculptors' visions for wider audiences. Engraving, a precise intagl...