The Holy Trinity; Christ on the cross flanked by two angels, the Holy Spirit as a dove and God in heaven above the cross, a rectangular composition with half-circle at the top, after Reni
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 24 5/8 × 16 9/16 in. (62.6 × 42 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
51.501.4575
Tags
AngelsChristCrossCrucifixion
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Sir Nicolas Dorigny · 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...