Study of a naked man playing a vihuela, a child holding a sheet of music at the left, from the 'Principios para estudiar el Nobilísimo y Real arte de la Pintura' (Madrid 1693)
José García Hidalgo
ca. 1693
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 9/16 in. × 6 in. (21.8 × 15.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 1991
Accession Number
1991.1205.2
Tags
Musical InstrumentsChildrenMale Nudes
About the Artist
José García Hidalgo · 1645–1717
José García Hidalgo (1645–1717) was a prominent Spanish Baroque painter, engraver, and theorist born in Villena, Alicante. He began his training locally under Nicolás de Villacis and Mateo Gilarte (also known as Francisco Gilarte) in Murcia before traveling to Rome in the 1660s, where he studied with Giacinto Brandi and received guidance from masters like Pietro da Cortona, Salvator Rosa, and Carl...