Frieze with Tritons and Nymphs
Artist
Girolamo Mocetto
(Italian, ca. 1454 - 1531)
Dateca. 1507-1510
MediumEngraving
DimensionsPlate: 4 1/8 × 10 5/8 inches (10.48 × 26.99 cm)
Mat: 14 × 19 inches (35.56 × 48.26 cm)
Mat: 14 × 19 inches (35.56 × 48.26 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: Nelson Gallery Foundation
Object numberF89-10
Edition/State/Proofunique proof before first state
On View
Not on viewCollections
Exhibition HistoryThirty Years of Print Purchases for the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, November 19 - December 31, 1989, no. 8.
In this scene, the cavorting figures of little boys represent the souls of the departed accompanied by nymphs, Tritons, sea horses, dolphins and sea centaurs. The subject may derive from classical sarcophagi or mosaics, which often represented fictitious marine creatures derived from Greek and Roman mythology. This print is an experimental proof made as a trial run by the artist. This would then be followed by a first state, that version of the print sanctioned by the artist for public sale.
Thirty Years of Print Purchases for the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, November 19 - December 31, 1989, p. 5.
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Clarence John Laughlin
1964; printed 1979
2005.27.1702
