Plate from Opus de ludicro picturae genere (A Work About the Playful Style of Painting)

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
At top, center, Ganymede rides an eagle under a bucranium. At left, a woman kneels before a figure; at right, a satyr kneels to another figure. At bottom, a tri-partite dado.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
After
Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the Elder, French, ca. 1515 - after 1584
Etcher
Luca Bertelli, Italian, ca. 1560 - 1594
Date
ca. 1562
Credit Line
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane
Medium
Etching on laid paper
Dimensions
10.3 × 6.7 cm (4 1/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
Type
ornament
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
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