Christ carrying the cross, at right the two thieves on the road to Calvary, two crosses in the background, after Reni (?)
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 20 11/16 × 15 13/16 in. (52.5 × 40.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Accession Number
24.63.1868
Tags
About the Artist
Guido Reni|John Keyse Sherwin|John Keyse Sherwin · 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...