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An apostle resting his head on his right hand and holding a book, in an oval frame, from "Christ, the Virgin, and Thirteen Apostles"

An apostle resting his head on his right hand and holding a book, in an oval frame, from "Christ, the Virgin, and Thirteen Apostles" by Anonymous, 17th century|Guido Reni

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 3 3/4 in. × 3 in. (9.6 × 7.6 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

Accession Number

51.501.5044

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

BooksPortraitsApostles

About the Artist

Anonymous, 17th century|Guido Reni · 1600–1700

**Anonymous, 17th century** remains one of the most intriguing figures—or rather, non-figures—in art history, representing the countless unnamed painters, draftsmen, and sculptors whose works survive from the Baroque era. Active across Europe between 1600 and 1700, this designation encompasses artists whose identities have been lost to time, yet whose output forms a substantial part of museum coll...

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