David standing with crossed legs and holding the head of Goliath on a pedestal at left, a sword on the ground, after Reni
1600–1700
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 9 1/16 in. × 6 in. (23 × 15.2 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
51.501.4580
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold this striking etching, *David standing with crossed legs and holding the head of Goliath on a pedestal at left, a sword on the ground, after Reni*, a 17th-century print (ca. 1600–1700) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Elisha Whittelsey Collection. Captured on a modestly sized trimmed sheet (9 1/16 × 6 in.), it depicts the biblical hero David in a moment of triumph, casually crossing his legs as he grasps Goliath's severed head beside a pedestal, with the fallen sword nearby. Created anonymously but faithfully reproducing a composition by the renowned Baroque master Guido Reni, it e...
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Anonymous · 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...