Raymond Diocrès Speaking During His Funeral (from the Life of Saint Bruno of Cologne)
1628–29
Medium
Pen and dark brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over soft black chalk or leadpoint
Dimensions
12 3/16 x 8 1/4 in. (31 x 21 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2001
Accession Number
2001.502
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Daniele Crespi · 1597–1630
**Daniele Crespi** (1598–19 July 1630) was an Italian painter and draughtsman active primarily in Milan and regarded as one of the most original artists working there in the 1620s. He broke away from the exaggerated forms of Lombard Mannerism toward an early Baroque style marked by clarity of form, direct emotional appeal, and simplified compositions. A prolific painter of religious history subjec...