The Judgment of Solomon
1654–1714
Medium
Pen and brown ink, red chalk, brush and red wash, highlighted with white
Dimensions
5-1/4 x 7-1/8 in. (13.3 x 18.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cephas G. Thompson, 1887
Accession Number
87.12.103
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Giuseppe Passeri (Passari) · 1654–1714
**Giuseppe Passeri (1654–1714)** was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active primarily in his native Rome. Born on 12 March 1654, he trained first with his uncle, the painter and biographer Giovanni Battista Passeri, before entering the studio of the leading Roman artist Carlo Maratta. This rigorous preparation shaped his elegant, classicizing approach to composition and figure drawing, ...