Joshua commanding the sun to stand still
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 19 1/8 x 13 7/8 in. (48.5 x 35.2 cm) sheet: 16 1/8 x 11 1/2 in. (41 x 29.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.602.470
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
SunJoshua
About the Artist
Carlo Maratti|Hieronymus Ferroni|Johann Jakob Frey the Elder · 1625–1713
Son of a Dalmatian father. Known as the last major Italian artist of the classical tradition, which had originated with Raphael. He created a grandiose and decorative style that was valued by his ecclesiastical patrons. Comment on works: History; Religious.