A Male and a Female Saint (Joseph of Aramathea? and Saint Catherine of Siena? Adoring the Virgin and Child in Glory (recto); Minerva Bellona with a Victorious Warrior (verso)
1623–90
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on light brown paper (recto); verso pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk highlighted with white
Dimensions
12 3/8 x 8 7/16in. (31.4 x 21.4cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Henry Walters, 1917
Accession Number
17.236.38
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco di Maria · 1623–1690
Francesco di Maria (1623–1690) was an Italian Baroque painter active mainly in Naples, where he played a significant role in transmitting the classical tradition of Domenichino to a new generation of Neapolitan artists. Born in Naples, he studied under Domenichino during the master's final decade in the city (1630–1641), absorbing the Roman classicist approach that would distinguish his work from ...