Youth with two Old Men
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (12 x 9.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Accession Number
27.78.2(23)
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Youth with Two Old MenThis delicate etching, titled *Youth with Two Old Men hails from 17th-century Italy and is attributed to an anonymous artist, with possible connections to the Mannerist master Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola, 1503–1540). Created on a modest sheet measuring just 4¾ x 3¾ inches (12 x 9.5 cm), it captures an intimate grouping of a youthful figure flanked by two elderly men, evoking themes of generational contrast common in Italian art of the period. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Drawings and Prints, it entered the collection via the Harris Brisba...