The Incarceration of St. Roch
Medium
Mixed method engraving and etching, printed in brown ink
Dimensions
Mount: 20 3/8 × 14 9/16 in. (51.8 × 37 cm) Sheet: 15 1/16 × 10 13/16 in. (38.2 × 27.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.2340
Tags
About the Artist
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)|Vincenzio Vangelisti|John & Josiah Boydell|Pierre Jean Mariette · 1591–1666
Guercino — the nickname meaning "squint-eyed" — was born Giovanni Francesco Barbieri in Cento, near Ferrara, in 1591. Largely self-taught in his early years, he absorbed the dramatic chiaroscuro of Ludovico Carracci's work in Bologna and the naturalistic innovations spreading from Caravaggio's circle, forging from these influences a highly personal style of extraordinary expressive power. By his e...