item details
NameA naked man pursuing a naiad. From: Ancient bas-reliefs
ProductionMarcantonio Raimondi; engraver; 1515-1527
Marco Dente; engraver (printmaker)
Marco Dente; engraver (printmaker)
Classificationworks on paper, engravings
Materialspaper, ink
Techniquesengraving
Dimensionsplate: 175mm (width), 112mm (height)
Registration Number1910-0001-1/9-80
Credit linePurchased 1910
Overview
This engraving is probably by Marco Dente, after a 16th century original by Marcantonio Raimondi, the first major Italian printmaker. It depicts a naiad, accompanied by Cupid, who have fled to the water over which the naiad presides, being pursued by a love-crazed naked man. It is styled on an ancient bas relief, and is in the so-called King George IV album of Old Master prints, acquired by the Dominion Museum, forerunner of Te Papa, in 1910.
Dr Mark Stocker Curator, Historical International Art February 2017