The Holy Family seated together in front of a collonade, Saint Joseph reading and the young Christ grasping the Virgin's drapery
Guido Reni
ca. 1590–1610
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 9 1/16 × 5 15/16 in. (23 × 15.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.500.858
Tags
ReadingHoly FamilySaints
About the Artist
Guido Reni · 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...