The Wheat & The Chaff
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 10 1/8 x 16 5/8 in. (25.7 x 42.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession Number
47.100.1086
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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About the Artist
Carlo Maratti|de Poilly|Johann Jakob Frey the Elder · 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.