Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Simone Cantarini
1640s
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 8 × 12.9 cm (3 1/8 × 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 82 × 13.2 cm (32 5/16 × 5 3/16 in.) mount: 26.2 × 37.9 cm (10 5/16 × 14 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier
Accession Number
2018.113.15
About the Artist
Simone Cantarini · 1612–1648
He was one of the most eminent pupils of Guido Reni and one of the most gifted engravers in the tradition of the Carracci. He had a strong personality and developed a highly original style, which united aspects of Bolognese classicism with a bold naturalism. Comment on works: Religious