Holy Family
Andrea Sacchi
1599–1661
Medium
Brush and brown wash, heightened with white on tan paper
Dimensions
10 1/16 x 6 11/16in. (25.6 x 17cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Henry Walters, 1917
Accession Number
17.236.18
Tags
Holy FamilyChristVirgin Mary
About the Artist
Andrea Sacchi · 1599–1661
Son and pupil of Benedetto Sacchi. He then worked with Francesco Albano and studied Raphael, Polidoro da Caravaggio and the artists of antiquity. He later trained numerous pupils, most notably Lauri, Gazzi and Carlo Maratti. Comment on works: Portrait; History