Earth, represented by Cybele seated at the base of a tree with fruits of the earth spread before her, a cupid with a torch approaches from the right, a stag and hound look toward Cybele from the left, from "The Elements"
Giulio CarpioniWW-1640-075941
Museum Accession, by exchange, 1967
Catalogue
- Year
- 1640
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- Plate: 4 3/16 × 6 3/8 in. (10.6 × 16.2 cm) Sheet: 9 in. × 12 13/16 in. (22.8 × 32.5 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Giulio Carpioni
Artist
Giulio Carpioni
Drawing
Possibly Giulio Carpioni (Italian, 1613-1678)
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- Giulio Carpioni
- Year
- 1640
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- Plate: 4 3/16 × 6 3/8 in. (10.6 × 16.2 cm) Sheet: 9 in. × 12 13/16 in. (22.8 × 32.5 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1640-075941
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified