Tickets
English
DonateMembershipTickets

The Good Thief

1470–80
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Good Thief
  • Artist: Anonymous, Italian, Ferrarese, 15th century
  • Date: 1470–80
  • Medium: Metalpoint, charcoal, highlighted with white gouache
  • Dimensions: sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 1/2 in. (18 x 14 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2012
  • Object Number: 2012.44
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

More Artwork

More Artwork
The Virgin Annunciate, Anonymous, Italian, Ferrarese, 15th century Italian, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on parchment
The Virgin Annunciate
Anonymous, Italian, Ferrarese, 15th century
1470–80
Standing Male Figure, Filippino Lippi Italian, Soft metalpoint, highlighted with white gouache (some touches of black chalk probably added by later hand)
Standing Male Figure
Filippino Lippi
ca. 1480
Standing Youth with Hands Behind His Back, and a Seated Youth Reading (recto); Two Studies of Hands (verso), Filippino Lippi Italian, Metalpoint, highlighted with white gouache, on pink prepared paper (recto); metalpoint, on pink prepared paper (verso)
Standing Youth with Hands Behind His Back, and a Seated Youth Reading (recto); Two Studies of Hands (verso)
Filippino Lippi
1457/58–1504
Bust of a Young Woman, Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio) Italian, Metalpoint, highlighted with white gouache, on blue-gray prepared paper
Bust of a Young Woman
Attributed to Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio)
ca. 1495
Heads of Two Saints, Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci) ? Italian, Metalpoint, reworked with brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, on beige prepared paper
Heads of Two Saints
After Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci)
1495–1510

Related Content

Perspectives

Articles, audio, and video from The Met's online magazine.

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please contact us using the form below. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.

Send feedback

Content Notice

The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world, and our online collection reflects ongoing work conducted over the course of our more than 150-year history. You may encounter objects or images that may be inappropriate for some viewers or information that may be outdated.