Gideon Gathering His Army, Scene from the Book of Judges
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over charcoal(?) on light tan laid paper
Dimensions
11-5/16 x 15-15/16 in. (28.7 x 40.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1960
Accession Number
61.5.1
Tags
About the Artist
Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes")|Etienne Parrocel · 1700–1800
Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani (1484–1527), a Florentine painter known initially as the "Master of the Kress Landscapes," emerged from obscurity in the mid-1990s through the scholarship of Louis Waldman, who linked him to documents including a 1521 contract for an altarpiece. Born and active in Florence until his death, Larciani specialized in religious scenes enriched by vivid, atmospheric landscap...