Holy Family with an Angel Who Offers Fruit to the Christ Child: Raccolta di alcuni disegni del Barbieri da Cento detto il Guernico
Medium
Etching with red and black ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 15/16 x 20 3/8 in. (37.9 x 51.7 cm) Plate: 11 1/4 x 15 13/16 in. (28.5 x 40.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.544
Tags
About the Artist
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)|Francesco Bartolozzi · 1591–1666
Guercino — the nickname meaning "squint-eyed" — was born Giovanni Francesco Barbieri in Cento, near Ferrara, in 1591. Largely self-taught in his early years, he absorbed the dramatic chiaroscuro of Ludovico Carracci's work in Bologna and the naturalistic innovations spreading from Caravaggio's circle, forging from these influences a highly personal style of extraordinary expressive power. By his e...