Saint Luke holding a paint brush and palette, after Reni (?)
Guido Reni|Anonymous, 17th century
1600–1650
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 5/16 in. (11.5 × 8.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.602.78
Tags
PaintingMenSaintsPalettesBrushesSaint Luke
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Anonymous, 17th century · 1575–1642
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...