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Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist kissing the infant Christ's hand, copy in reverse after Cantarini
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Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist kissing the infant Christ's hand, copy in reverse after Cantarini

Simone Cantarini

ca.1642 or after

Medium

Etching

Tags

Holy FamilySaint John the BaptistChrist

Dimensions

Plate: 5 × 3 9/16 in. (12.7 × 9 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Simone Cantarini

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

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