Saint Philip Neri
Medium
etching with engraving on chine collé
Dimensions
plate: 14.1 x 8.3 cm (5 9/16 x 3 1/4 in.) sheet: 33.2 x 24.2 cm (13 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1999.135.6
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Johann Friedrich Overbeck · 1789–1869
**Johann Friedrich Overbeck** (3 July 1789 – 12 November 1869) was a German painter and a founder of the Nazarene movement. Born in Lübeck into a prominent Protestant family—his father, Christian Adolph Overbeck, was a doctor of law, poet, mystic pietist, and burgomaster—he received early classical and artistic instruction at the local Gymnasium under his uncle. Overbeck left Lübeck in 1806 to st...