Saint Anthony of Padua adoring the Christ Child in Glory, copy after Cantarini
Simone Cantarini
ca. 1640 or after
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 10 3/8 × 7 1/16 in. (26.3 × 18 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Henry Walters, 1917
Accession Number
17.37.215
Tags
Saint AnthonyAngelsChrist
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