Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 9 3/4 × 7 5/16 in. (24.8 × 18.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1961
Accession Number
61.663.306
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate etching, titled *Holy Family with Saint John Baptist* and dated around 1620–60, is attributed to three prominent Italian artists: Simone Cantarini, Cesarei, and Carlo Ridi. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, measures a modest 9 3/4 × 7 5/16 inches and was generously gifted by Harry G. Friedman in1961. Created during the Baroque era, a time when religious imagery flourished amid the Counter-Reformation, print captures a tender moment of divine intimacy, featuring the Virgin Mary cradling the Christ Child alongside young Saint John the Baptis...
About the Artist
Simone Cantarini|Cesare Roberti|Carlo Ridolfi · 1612–1648
He was one of the most eminent pupils of Guido Reni and one of the most gifted engravers in the tradition of the Carracci. He had a strong personality and developed a highly original style, which united aspects of Bolognese classicism with a bold naturalism. Comment on works: Religious