Emiliano Zapata
Medium
Zincograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 7/8 × 4 9/16 in. (17.5 × 11.6 cm) Image: 5 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (14 × 8.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Roberto Berdecio, 1960
Accession Number
60.678.25
Tags
Art Historical Context
This striking zincograph portrait captures Emil Zapata, the charismatic leader of the Mexican Revolution, around 1910. Created by the renowned printmaker José Guadalupe Posada, the image shows the revolutionary in characteristic wide-brimmed hat, his steady gaze conveying quiet determination. Posada, celebrated for his bold graphic style popular broadsides, used zincography—a technique involving etching on zinc plates—to produce affordable, widely distributed prints that reached everyday audiences across Mexico. The work holds deep historical resonance as both a portrait and a piece of revolu...
About the Artist
José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican|Mexican) · 1895 |1851 –1910 |1913
Mexican, active ca. 1900–1910|Mexican, 1851–1913