Virgin and Child
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 8 7/16 in. (31.1 × 21.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1980
Accession Number
1980.1022.2
Tags
About the Artist
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)|Cesare Ferreri|Lorenzo Metalli|L. Basadonna · 1591–1666
Guercino — the nickname meaning "squint-eyed" — was born Giovanni Francesco Barbieri in Cento, near Ferrara, in 1591. Largely self-taught in his early years, he absorbed the dramatic chiaroscuro of Ludovico Carracci's work in Bologna and the naturalistic innovations spreading from Caravaggio's circle, forging from these influences a highly personal style of extraordinary expressive power. By his e...