An angel leading a young boy and gesturing to the clouds
Guido Reni|Antonio Maria Visentini
ca. 1708–82
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 5 1/2 × 2 15/16 in. (14 × 7.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number
1986.1180.404
Tags
AngelsBoys
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Antonio Maria Visentini · 1575–1642
Guido Reni (1575–1642) was one of the most celebrated Italian painters of the Baroque era and the dominant figure of the Bolognese School. Born into a family of musicians in Bologna, he trained first with Denys Calvaert before joining the influential Accademia degli Incamminati led by Ludovico Carracci. Reni achieved international fame through his idealizing style that combined Baroque dynamism wi...