Youth Kneeling before a Prelate (recto); Another Study of a Youth Kneeling before a Prelate (verso)
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and light brown wash (recto and verso)
Dimensions
sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 9/16 in. (23.8 x 19.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1908
Accession Number
08.227.29
Tags
MenBishopsCross
About the Artist
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) · 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...