Aurora's Tryst with Time Interrupted
c. 1700
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown and red wash, red and black chalk, heightened with white gouache on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 23.6 x 18.4 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Accession Number
2009.70.185
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Giuseppe Passeri · 1654–1714
**Giuseppe Passeri (1654–1714)** was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active throughout his career in his native city of Rome. Born on 12 March 1654, he was the nephew of the painter and biographer Giovanni Battista Passeri, who served as his first master before he entered the studio of the leading Roman artist Carlo Maratta. Passeri worked firmly within the late Baroque tradition, produ...