The Savior
17th century
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 8 13/16 in. (33.4 × 22.4 cm) Plate: 13 1/16 × 8 5/8 in. (33.1 × 21.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.4244
Tags
Art Historical Context
Grégoire Huret's *The Savior*, a 17th-century engraving, captures the profound religious devotion of the Baroque era. This French artist's meticulous print depicts Christ in his salvific role, evoking cross as a central symbol of redemption. Huret, active in Paris during a time of fervent Catholic revival amid the Counter-Reformation, in reproductive engravings that made grand religious imagery accessible beyond elite patrons. Engraving, Huret's chosen medium, involved incising fine lines into a copper plate with a burin, inking it, and pressing paper to transfer the image—allowing for detail...
About the Artist
Grégoire Huret · 1606–1670
French draftsman and printmaker. Comment on works: Engraver & draftsman