The Vision of Ezekiel
1554 (republished 1595)
Medium
Etching; fourth state of six (BLL)
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 16 5/16 × 26 5/8 in. (41.5 × 67.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.595
Tags
About the Artist
Giorgio Ghisi|Giovanni Battista Bertano|Cristoforo Bianchi · 1520–1582
Giorgio Ghisi (c. 1520–1582) was one of the most accomplished engravers of the Italian Renaissance, renowned for translating the monumental compositions of Raphael, Giulio Romano, and Michelangelo into the exacting medium of the burin. Born in Mantua, he trained in an environment shaped by the legacy of Giulio Romano's decoration of the Palazzo del Te, and the grandeur of that Mannerist tradition ...