The adoration of the shepherds who kneel together at right before the infant Christ, the Virgin and Saint Joseph at left, two angels above, in an octagonal frame, after Reni
Guido Reni|Francois de Poilly
ca. 1655–93
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 16 7/8 × 15 13/16 in. (42.8 × 40.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.4581
Tags
AngelsChristVirgin MaryAdoration of the ShepherdsSaint JosephShepherds
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Francois de Poilly · 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...