The Virgin Enthroned with Three Saints
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 16 1/4 × 12 1/16 in. (41.2 × 30.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.919
Art Historical Context
*The Virgin Enthroned with Saints* (1668) is a striking etching that bridges the legacies of two Italian masters: Annibale Carracci, pioneering Baroque painter from Bologna (1560–1609), and Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, a engraver active in the late 17th century. nearly six decades after Carracci's, this print is likely Mitelli's reproductive interpretation of a Carracci composition, a common practice that disseminated the master's influential designs to wider audiences. Carracci's Bolognese school emphasized naturalism, emotional depth, and dramatic light, moving away from Mannerist excesses toward...
About the Artist
Giuseppe Maria Mitelli|Annibale Carracci · 1634–1718
Comment on works: History; Religious