The Calumny of Apelles

Giorgio Ghisi|Luca Penni

1560 · Engraving; first state of six, with pen and ink; partially squared · Drawings and Prints

This proof demonstrates Ghisi’s working method as he translated a complex drawing of a classical scene by the artist Luca Penni on to the engraving plate. Much of the composition has been engraved, but several areas are drawn in pen and a grid remains over the lower right quadrant. Twelve of Ghisi’s proof impressions have survived, and this sheet belonged to the English artist Sir Peter Lely in the seventeenth century.

Artist

Giorgio Ghisi|Luca Penni

Date

1560

Medium

Engraving; first state of six, with pen and ink; partially squared

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917