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The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew
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The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 13 3/8 × 18 1/8 in. (34 × 46 cm) Plate: 12 3/8 × 16 15/16 in. (31.5 × 43 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Fern and Lewis Lowenfels, 2022

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

About Carlo Maratti

1625–1713

Son of a Dalmatian father. Known as the last major Italian artist of the classical tradition, which had originated with Raphael. He created a grandiose and decorative style that was valued by his ecclesiastical patrons. Comment on works: History; Religious.