In the museum catalogue
An image is not available here yet.
View at the museum ↗The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Naked archers shooting at a target attached to a herm, Cupid sleeping below, possibly an allegory related to vice
Michelangelo Buonarroti|Antonio Lafreri|Nicolas Beatrizetca. 1540–60
- Attribution
- Purportedly after| | Michelangelo Buonarroti|Antonio Lafreri|Nicolas Beatrizet | | Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome|French, Orgelet, Franche-Comte ca. 1512–1577 Rome|French, Lunéville 1515–ca. 1566 Rome (?)
- Medium
- Engraving, red wash on the exposed penises presumably to obscure them
- Physical dimensions
- Plate: 9 7/16 × 14 in. (24 × 35.6 cm) Sheet: 11 7/16 × 15 1/2 in. (29 × 39.3 cm)
- Credit line
- Purchase, PECO Foundation Gift, 2017
CATALOGUE RECORD
Museum metadata is available under CC0. Image availability and rights are separate; consult the source record.
Source rights statement: Public domain
View the museum record ↗