The Body of Saint Catherine of Siena carried in Procession, after Francesco Vanni
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and red-brown and gray wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink
Dimensions
12 11/16 x 9 9/16 in. (32.3 x 24.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Carlos van Hasselt and Andrej Niewglowski, in memory of Lawrence Turcic, 1989
Accession Number
1989.41
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Charles Joseph Natoire|Anonymous, French, 18th century|Ventura Salimbeni · 1700–1777
**Charles-Joseph Natoire** (3 March 1700 – 23 August 1777) was a leading French painter of the Rococo period, celebrated for his elegant mythological and historical scenes. Born in Nîmes to sculptor Florent Natoire, he received his initial training in drawing from his father before moving to Paris in 1717. There he studied first under Louis Galloche at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculptu...