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Joshua commanding the sun to stand still
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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)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1962

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Carlo Maratti

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.