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Air, represented by Iris reclining on her rainbow, accompanied by a winged putto bearing a torch and another winged putto riding an eagle, from "The Elements"

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

Air, represented by Iris reclining on her rainbow, accompanied by a winged putto bearing a torch and another winged putto riding an eagle, from "The Elements"

Giulio Carpioni

Date
1640–60
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 4 5/16 × 6 1/8 in. (11 × 15.6 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
2012.136.331.1
Credit line
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

Italian, Venice 1613–1678 Venice

Subjects and terms

  • Eagles
  • Women
  • Putti

The Met object ID 397546. 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.