Saint Paul the Hermit and Saint Anthony Abbot conversing in a landscape, after Pietro Antonio Novelli
ca. 1784–1836
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 1/4 × 13 1/4 in. (46.3 × 33.7 cm) Plate: 12 3/8 × 8 11/16 in. (31.5 × 22.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1970
Accession Number
1970.683.1
About the Artist
Pietro Antonio Novelli|Francesco Novelli · 1729–1804
**Pietro Antonio Novelli (1729–1804)** Pietro Antonio Novelli, a prolific Venetian painter, draughtsman, and engraver, trained under the esteemed Jacopo Amigoni and in the studio of Giambattista Pittoni, absorbing influences from Gaspare Diziani and Francesco Guardi. In 1768, he gained membership in the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia with his reception piece, *Allegory of the Arts*. Early in ...