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Three Putti Holding Cross Before Two Male Saints
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Three Putti Holding Cross Before Two Male Saints

1601–67

Medium

Pen and medium brown ink over traces of black chalk underdrawing on cream paper. Lightly foxed. Composition outlined with pen and medium brown ink. Lined with a strip of paper showing at bottom

Dimensions

6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Alonso Cano

1601–1667Spain

He was a popular and versatile artist, who was often copied and many sketches today are marked with the name 'Cano' added by later hands. Cano's artistic legacy is measured in part by the number of artists who trained in his workshop and went on to become important masters in their own right. Comment on works: Religious; Portraits