Saint Roch at left distributing alms to a group of people gathered around him, after Annibale Caracci
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 11 7/16 × 17 15/16 in. (29 × 45.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John H. Sichel, 1966
Accession Number
66.747.123
Tags
ChildrenSaintsCrowd
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Francesco Brizio|Pietro Stefanoni|Annibale Carracci · 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...