Water, represented by a naiad seated at the base of a tree and resting her arm on a supine urn from which water flows, behind her a triton and other inhabitants of the sea rise from the water surface, from "The Elements"
Giulio Carpioni
1640–60
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 4 1/8 × 5 13/16 in. (10.5 × 14.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.331.3
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
TritonNymphsUrns
About the Artist
Giulio Carpioni · 1613–1678
Comment on works: Allegory; Mythology