Descent from the Cross
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
image: 7 11/16 x 4 13/16 in. (19.6 x 12.3 cm), trimmed to image
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.602.479
Tags
MenCrossDescent from the CrossLaddersChrist
About the Artist
Claude Gillot|Jacques Gabriel Huquier · 1673–1722
Artist known for his elegant designs done in the Rococo manner of Audran; also for his predilection for scenes from the 'comedia dell'arte.' Few paintings survive; his work is known mainly through drawings and etchings. Comment on works: Genre; History