Youth, from "The Course of Human Life"
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 1/8 in. (23.1 × 30.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.3425
About the Artist
Pieter Jalhea Furnius|Hieronymus Cock|Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus · 1530–1615
Pieter Jalhea Furnius (1530–1615, though some sources suggest 1545–1610) was a Flemish engraver and draughtsman who worked during the height of Antwerp Mannerism, creating engravings that disseminated the works of prominent Northern European artists throughout Europe. Trained under the renowned painter Lambert Lombard in Liège, Furnius established himself in Antwerp, the commercial and artistic ca...