Virtue Crowned by Honor
Carlo Maratti
1670–76
Medium
Red chalk
Dimensions
13-1/2 x 10-9/16 in. (34.3 x 26.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1964
Accession Number
64.295.1
Tags
Women
About the Artist
Carlo Maratti · 1625–1713
Son of a Dalmatian father. Known as the last major Italian artist of the classical tradition, which had originated with Raphael. He created a grandiose and decorative style that was valued by his ecclesiastical patrons. Comment on works: History; Religious.