DETAILS
- Artist
- Matteo Florimi
- Date
- 1591
- Medium
- Woodcut
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (14 x 20 cm)
- Collection
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
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THE ARTIST
Matteo Florimi
1540–1603Matteo Florimi was a prolific Italian engraver and publisher, known for his religious prints and intricate embroidery patterns.
MORE FROM THIS ARTIST
Further Works by Florimi
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Virgin and Child with the infant Saint John the Baptist
1576 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist, angels overhead
1588 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fiori di Ricami Nuovamente Posti in Luce, page 11 (recto)
1591 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fiori di Ricami Nuovamente Posti in Luce, page 18 (recto)
1591 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fiori di Ricami Nuovamente Posti in Luce, page 4 (recto)
1591 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fiori di Ricami Nuovamente Posti in Luce, page 6 (recto)
1591 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fiori di Ricami Nuovamente Posti in Luce, page 7 (recto)
1591 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fiori di Ricami Nuovamente Posti in Luce, page 8 (recto)
1591 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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More works to explore
Beyond Florimi: works from the same years.
Same era · 1570s–1600s
Saint Francis Kneeling in Meditation
El Greco · 1597 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1570s–1600s
The Entombment of Christ
Caravaggio · 1600 · Pinacoteca Vaticana
Same era · 1570s–1600s
Flower Arrangements
Artist Unknown - The Mercat Cross, Aberdeen · 1595 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1570s–1600s
The Lamentation with Saint Francis and Two Angels
Peter Paul Rubens · 1603 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1570s–1600s
Wooded landscape with a road
Jan Brueghel the Elder · 1602
Same era · 1570s–1600s
Female Head
Gaetano Gandolfi · 1592 · Art Institute of Chicago
Same era · 1570s–1600s
Flowers and Birds
Zhou Zhimian · 1595 · Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Same era · 1570s–1600s
Half Armor for the Foot Tournament
Pompeo della Cesa · 1585 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Same era · 1570s–1600s
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Georges de La Tour · 1600 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Same era · 1570s–1600s
La Pratique de l'Aiguille, page 11 (recto)
Matthias Mignerak · 1605 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
