About this work

Diana Scultori made this in 1561-1565, aged about 14. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

How it was made

Engraving: Lines cut directly into a metal plate with a steel burin, which makes them swell and taper. It took years to master, and for centuries it was how paintings travelled as pictures.
Laid paper: Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

Diana Scultori

Italian, c.1547–1612

Rights and the museum’s record

Public domain. The National Gallery of Art has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.

Object number: 1943.3.4619
Credit: Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
Type: Print
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Museum record: See it on the museum’s site

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