The Holy Family with Saint Clare
Guido Reni|Nicolaus van Aelst
1590–1600
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 9 5/16 × 7 1/4 in. (23.7 × 18.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.2201
Tags
Holy FamilySaints
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Nicolaus van Aelst · 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...