A Carthusian Saint Visiting the Plague Stricken
Andrea Sacchi
1599–1661
Medium
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on paper
Dimensions
9 9/16 x 13 5/16in. (24.3 x 33.8cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession Number
80.3.544
Tags
IllnessSufferingMenSaints
About the Artist
Andrea Sacchi · 1599–1661
Son and pupil of Benedetto Sacchi. He then worked with Francesco Albano and studied Raphael, Polidoro da Caravaggio and the artists of antiquity. He later trained numerous pupils, most notably Lauri, Gazzi and Carlo Maratti. Comment on works: Portrait; History