The Virgin seated with her head resting on her right hand, holding the sleeping infant Christ on her lap, after Reni
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 16 5/16 × 12 1/2 in. (41.5 × 31.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.4444
Tags
Madonna and Child
About the Artist
Guido Reni|Jean Boulanger|Herman Weyen · 1575–1642
Guido Reni (1575–1642) was one of the most celebrated Italian painters of the Baroque era and the dominant figure of the Bolognese School. Born into a family of musicians in Bologna, he trained first with Denys Calvaert before joining the influential Accademia degli Incamminati led by Ludovico Carracci. Reni achieved international fame through his idealizing style that combined Baroque dynamism wi...