Saint Martina kneeling before the Virgin and Child, as the Child offers her a lily
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 7/16 in. (35 × 24 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.650.528bis
Tags
About the Artist
Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)|Cardinal Francesco Barberini|François Spierre · 1596–1669
Pietro da Cortona, born Pietro Berrettini on November 1, 1596, in the Tuscan hill town of Cortona, emerged as one of the towering figures of Italian Baroque art, excelling as a painter, architect, and decorator. He received his early training under the Florentine painters Andrea Commodi and Baccio Ciarpi. In 1612, Commodi brought the young artist to Rome, where Pietro immersed himself in the city'...