The Vision of Saint William of Aquitaine

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Artist: Giovanni Angelo Canini (Italian, Rome ca. 1609-17–1666 Rome)
Date: late 1650s
Medium: Brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, on brown-washed paper
Dimensions: sheet: 18 11/16 x 13 9/16 in. (47.5 x 34.5 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Anonymous Gift, 2006
Accession no.: 2006.393.2

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Copy after a Sculpture of the Sleeping Eros Based on an Antique Model (from Cassiano dal Pozzo's 'Paper Museum')
Giovanni Angelo Canini
ca. 1630 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019714
Scene of Martyrdom
Giovanni Angelo Canini
1615–66 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019715
Unidentified Subject: Reclining Nude Male Figure and Cattle
Giovanni Angelo Canini
1615–66 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019716
The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Anthony of Padua and a Hermit
Giovanni Angelo Canini
1615–66 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00019717

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.