Saint Charles Borromeo Blessing the Plague-Stricken
c. 1760
Medium
Etching in black on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 55.5 × 37.7 cm (21 7/8 × 14 7/8 in.); Plate: 61.5 × 39.6 cm (24 1/4 × 15 5/8 in.); Sheet: 64 × 44 cm (25 1/4 × 17 3/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
209947
About the Artist
Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre · 1713–1789
Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (1714–1789) was born into a prosperous Parisian family of goldsmiths and jewelers; his father, Jean Pierre, became an alderman in 1743, securing noble status for the family. Pierre began his artistic training as a pupil of Nicolas Bertin, followed by study under Charles-Joseph Natoire at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, where he befriended engraver Charle...