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
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.