Copy after Botticelli
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
9 9/16 x 6 3/8 in. (24.3 x 16.2 cm)
Classification
Watercolor
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Coe Kerr Gallery, 1982
Accession Number
1982.372
Tags
ChristMadonna and ChildSaint John the Baptist
About the Artist
Julian Alden Weir
Julian Alden Weir (1852–1919) was one of the central figures of American Impressionism, a painter whose luminous canvases helped transform the reception of modern French art in the United States and whose personal influence shaped a generation of American artists. Born in West Point, New York, into a family steeped in art — his father Robert Weir was a drawing instructor at West Point — he receive...