Faun Family

c. 1507

Giovanni Battista Palumba

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Palumba

Artist, Italian, active first quarter 16th century

This is a drawing of a pastoral scene with figures and animals in a natural setting. The drawing depicts a detailed landscape with trees, foliage, and a riverbank. In the foreground, three figures are seated under a tree surrounded by animals including a dog and what appears to be a rabbit. The background features a church steeple and other architectural elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 27.6 x 21.7 cm (10 7/8 x 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1954.12.90

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.256, no. 6

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 344.

1989

  • Image and Word, Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Art Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, MD, 1989.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.161.

2008

  • Bacchi, Andrea and Luciana Giacomelli, eds Rinascimento e passione per l'antico: Andrea Riccio e il suo tempo. Exh. cat. Castello di Buonconsiglio. Trento, 2008: 89 fig. 62, 91.

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q65226286

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