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
Rights
Public Domain
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.