Saint James Major, looking upwards and holding a staff, from "Christ, the Virgin, and Thirteen Apostles"

Saint James Major, looking upwards and holding a staff, from "Christ, the Virgin, and Thirteen Apostles" by Guido Reni|Anonymous, 17th century

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 4 1/16 × 2 15/16 in. (10.3 × 7.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926

Accession Number

26.70.4(107)

Tags

Saints

About the Artist

Guido Reni|Anonymous, 17th century · 15751642

Guido Reni (1575–1642) was one of the most celebrated Italian painters of the Baroque era and the dominant figure of the Bolognese School. Born into a family of musicians in Bologna, he trained first with Denys Calvaert before joining the influential Accademia degli Incamminati led by Ludovico Carracci. Reni achieved international fame through his idealizing style that combined Baroque dynamism wi...

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