Saint Anthony of Padua
Giovanni Battista Mercati
1551 to 1600
Medium
etching printed from two plates on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 29.6 × 20.8 cm (11 5/8 × 8 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1974.119.17
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Mercati · 1591–1645
Giovanni Battista Mercati (1591–1645) was an Italian Baroque painter and engraver whose career exemplified the vibrant artistic culture of 17th-century Italy, particularly in Rome and his native Tuscany. Baptized on October 1, 1591, in Borgo San Sepolcro (Sansepolcro), Tuscany, Mercati moved to Rome to pursue greater opportunities in the papal capital, where he became a member of the prestigious A...