Saint Pierre
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 21 x 15 9/16 in. (53.3 x 39.5 cm) image: 17 1/16 x 12 5/8 in. (43.4 x 32 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969
Accession Number
69.573.6
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Saint Pierre**, an exquisite etching attributed to Jean Morin after Philippe de Champaigne captures the revered Apostle Saint Peter in a striking portrait. Champaigne, a leading Flemish Baroque artist active in 17th-century France, renowned for his realistic, spiritually intense figures influenced by Rubens and his own Jansenist piety. Morin, a skilled French engraver, faithfully reproduced Champaigne's designs, transforming paintings into accessible prints that spread their devotional power across Europe during the Counter-Reformation era. This exemplifies etching's technical brilliance: a...
About the Artist
Jean Morin|Philippe de Champaigne · 1605–1650
Jean Morin (c. 1605–1650) was one of the most accomplished French engravers of the seventeenth century, a master of the portrait print whose work stands among the finest examples of French graphic art in its era. Little is known about his early life or training, though his technique suggests exposure to both French and Flemish engraving traditions, the latter being the dominant force in European p...