The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints
A man kneeling and placing a laurel branch upon a pile of burning books
Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi)|Marco Dente
- Date
- ca. 1515–27
- Medium
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- Sheet (Trimmed): 2 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (6.3 × 8.7 cm)
- Object type
- Classification
- Prints
- Object number
- 17.50.16-24
- Credit line
- Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Artist information
Italian, Florence 1510–1563 Rome|Italian, Ravenna, active by 1515–died 1527 Rome
Subjects and terms
- Books
- Men
- Fire
The Met object ID 342508. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.