Virgin and Child Appearing in a Glory of Angels to Saint Peter and Saint Paul
1551–1640
Medium
Pen and dark brown ink, over black chalk; squared in red chalk
Dimensions
16 x 11-5/16 in. (40.7 x 28.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.130.1
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Jacopo da Empoli (Jacopo Chimenti) · 1551–1640
**Jacopo da Empoli (Jacopo Chimenti)** was an Italian painter born on 30 April 1551 in Florence and who died there on 30 September 1640. He became known by the name of his father’s birthplace, Empoli, and worked primarily in his native city as a leading figure in the Florentine Reformist or Counter-Mannerist movement. He apprenticed under Maso da San Friano and drew inspiration from earlier Manne...