Magdalene Washing Christ's Feet
Giuseppe Passeri
n.d.
Medium
Red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream wove card, tipped onto gray wove paper
Dimensions
12.8 × 16.5 cm (5 1/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
7445
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Giuseppe Passeri · 1654–1714
**Giuseppe Passeri (1654–1714)** was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active throughout his career in his native city of Rome. Born on 12 March 1654, he was the nephew of the painter and biographer Giovanni Battista Passeri, who served as his first master before he entered the studio of the leading Roman artist Carlo Maratta. Passeri worked firmly within the late Baroque tradition, produ...