Miracle of a Saint
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 20 1/16 × 12 1/2 in. (50.9 × 31.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.602.804
Art Historical Context
"Miracle of a Saint is a striking 1777 etching attributed to Giovanni di San Giovannialso known as Giovanni Mannozzi with contributions from Ranieri Allegr and Benedetto Eredi. 20 1/16 × 12 1/2 inches on trimmed sheet, this print hails from the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department acquired through the Rogers Fund in 2. Giovanni di San Giovanni, a 17th-century Florentine Baroque artist, was renowned for his dynamic religious scenes filled with dramatic emotion and swirling figures—qualities likely captured here in reproductive form by the later engravers. Etching, the medium...
About the Artist
Giovanni di San Giovanni (Giovanni Mannozzi)|Ranieri Allegranti|Benedetto Eredi · 1592–1636
Giovanni da San Giovanni, born Giovanni Mannozzi on March 20, 1592, in San Giovanni Valdarno, emerged as one of the most vibrant and idiosyncratic painters of early Baroque Florence. He trained under the esteemed Matteo Rosselli, a leading figure in the city's artistic scene, and honed his skills in architectural perspective with Giulio Parigi, whose influence imbued his work with dynamic spatial ...