The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

Attribution

Giulio Carpioni Italian, Venice 1613–1678 Venice

Medium

Etching

Physical dimensions

Plate: 4 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (10.8 × 15.9 cm) Sheet: 8 7/16 × 11 3/4 in. (21.5 × 29.8 cm)

Credit line

Museum Accession, by exchange, 1967