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Scene of Martyrdom

1615·Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over red chalk (recto); illegible red chalk notations (verso)·7 3/8 x 5in. (18.7 x 12.7cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1615
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over red chalk (recto); illegible red chalk notations (verso)
Dimensions: 7 3/8 x 5in. (18.7 x 12.7cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Giovanni Angelo Canini

Artist

Giovanni Angelo Canini

Painting

Giovanni Angelo Canini was an Italian painter active in Rome during the mid-seventeenth century. Working primarily in oil on canvas, he produced religious and historical compositions in the Baroque manner, with particular attention to dramatic light and figural arrangement.

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