Minneapolis Institute of Art
Latona Giving Birth to Apollo and Diana
Diana Scultori; After Giulio Romano
- Date
- after 1575
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Diana Mantovana learned to engrave from her father, Mantuan court artist and sculptor Giovanni Battista Scultori. Diana was a rarity among Renaissance printmakers both for her gender and her ambition. She worked in Rome as a reproductive engraver, a highly accomplished skill that involved translating other artists' paintings, sculptures, and drawings into prints. This scene, copied after a design by painter Giulio Romano, depicts Zeus's paramour Latona, who was forced to give birth to their twins on the remote island of Delos in order to escape the detection-and wrath-of Zeus's wife, Hera. Italy, Europe
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