An Angel in Flight
Jacopo da Empoli
c. 1594
Medium
black chalk and graphite on brown prepared paper
Dimensions
overall: 38.3 x 25 cm (15 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Diane Allen Nixon
Accession Number
1999.29.1
About the Artist
Jacopo da Empoli · 1544–1640
Jacopo Chimenti, known as Jacopo da Empoli (1551-1640), was an Italian Florentine painter whose long career spanned the transition from late Mannerism to early Baroque. Born in Florence on April 30, 1551 (Empoli being his father's birthplace, from which Jacopo derived his artistic name), he became an important figure in the Counter-Maniera or Counter-Mannerist movement that reacted against the com...