Medium
Stipple engraving with line engraving and etching; third state of four
Dimensions
image: 16 7/16 x 12 5/16 in. (41.7 x 31.3 cm) sheet: 21 15/16 x 15 15/16 in. (55.8 x 40.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946
Accession Number
46.140.20
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *Zephyr*, a captivating 1864 stipple engraving with line engraving etching, the third state of four, after designs by the esteemed French Romantic artist Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758–1823) and executed by engraver Jean Nicolas Laug. This print from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Drawings and Prints department depicts the mythological west wind god Zephyr as a graceful male nude, embodying the classical ideal of youthful beauty and gentle breezes from Greek lore. Measuring 16 7/16 x 12 5/16 inches in its image area, it captures Prud'hon's signature sensual, ethereal style, blending Neoclas...
About the Artist
Pierre Paul Prud'hon|Jean Nicolas Laugier
Pierre Paul Prud'hon (1758–1823) was a French painter and draughtsman whose dreamy, sensuous art occupied a singular position between the Neoclassicism and Romanticism that competed for dominance in French painting around 1800. Born in Cluny in Burgundy, he received his early artistic training at the Dijon Academy before winning the Prix de Rome of the Estates of Burgundy, which allowed him to spe...