Return of the Holy Family from Egypt (recto); Studies for the Return from Egypt (verso)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1599
- Dimensions
- 6-7/8 x 8-1/8 in. (17.5 x 20.6 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Giovanni Baglione
Artist
Painting
Giovanni Baglione was an Italian painter and art historian active in Rome during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Working primarily in oil on canvas, he produced religious narratives and altarpieces in a style influenced by Caravaggio's dramatic chiaroscuro, though his compositions maintained a more conventional ecclesiastical register. He is equally remembered for his Vite de' pittori, scultori et architetti (1642), a foundational text of art historical writing that documented the lives and works of his contemporaries.
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- Giovanni Baglione
- Year
- 1599
- Dimensions
- 6-7/8 x 8-1/8 in. (17.5 x 20.6 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1599-T004360
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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- Status
- verified