Prometheus Chained to a Rock, Eagle Overhead

A nude male figure lies stretched across a craggy rock in a red crayon-manner print, his face turned upward toward a large bird whose spread wings fill the upper center. A bare tree and soft shading suggest a rocky landscape around him. The image is rendered in warm red ink with delicate, feathery strokes.

Artist

Francesco Bartolozzi

Date

1795

Medium

Crayon-manner in red ink

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3617 × 2622 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Olga Sichel and Max Philippson, 1962