The Holy Trinity, with the dead Christ at center surrounded by angels, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 18 7/8 × 12 7/8 in. (48 × 32.7 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
51.501.2816
About the Artist
Pier Francesco Mola|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi|F. de Louvement
Pier Francesco Mola (1612–1666) was a Roman Baroque painter celebrated for the lyrical quality of his landscapes and the painterly freedom of his figural work, qualities that set him apart from the more rigorous classicism of some of his contemporaries. Born in Coldrerio in the Swiss canton of Ticino, he spent the greater part of his career in Rome, where he underwent an extensive and eclectic for...