Martyrdom of a saint
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 20 1/2 in. × 11 in. (52.1 × 27.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.2870
Art Historical Context
Behold the dramatic *Martyrdom of a Saint* (1693), a striking etching produced through the collaboration of three masters: Italian engraver and publisher Domenico De Rossi, Buonaventura Lamber, and French engraver Nicolas Dorigny. Measuring a generous 20½ × 11 inches (trimmed), this print captures the intense emotion of religious martyrdom, a hallmark of late Baroque art. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it the collection via The Elisha Whittelsey Fund in 1951. Etching, the medium here, allowed for intricate lines and tonal depth by biting acid into a...
About the Artist
Domenico De Rossi|Buonaventura Lamberti|Sir Nicolas Dorigny (Flemish|Italian) · 1649 |1647 –1696 |1729
Flemish, Antwerp 1649 or 1658–after 1696|Italian, 1647–1729