Holy Family on the Steps
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 14 5/8 x 19 1/2 in. (37.2 x 49.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.1139
Tags
Holy FamilySaint JosephChristVirgin Mary
About the Artist
Nicolas Poussin|Claudine Bouzonnet Stella · 1594–1665
Nicolas Poussin, born in June 1594 near Les Andelys in Normandy, emerged from a family of local distinction whose modest means and parental opposition could not deter his artistic calling. He received his initial training under the itinerant painter Quentin Varin in Rouen around 1611–12, absorbing lessons in storytelling, precise facial expressions, and rich colors, though without a formal long-te...