The Virgin with the infant Christ seated on a cushion and the young Saint John the Baptist at his feet, an oval composition
Guido Reni
ca. 1600–1640
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed to oval): 6 1/4 × 5 9/16 in. (15.8 × 14.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.70.4(160)
Tags
ChristVirgin MarySaint John the Baptist
About the Artist
Guido Reni · 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...