The Death of Saint Anne

"The Death of Saint Anne" is an etching with brown wash by Andrea Scacciati, dated 1766. The sheet measures 16 3/4 × 11 5/16 inches (42.6 × 28.7 cm). It is classified under Prints and held in the Drawings and Prints department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, acquired via the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund in 1933.

Andrea Scacciati is identified as an Italian painter, born in 1642 and deceased in 1710, according to the artist authority record. This record does not specify his nationality, but lists his birth and death years. The catalogue record for "The Death of Saint Anne" dates the work to 1766, which is 56 years after Scacciati's recorded death.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds several comparable works attributed to Andrea Scacciati, with dates ranging from 1750 to 1775, including "The Virgin and child with two angels" (1766) and "Madonna and child appearing before a kneeling saint, after Bernardino Poccetti" (ca. 1766). No provenance, exhibitions, or literature are provided for "The Death of Saint Anne" in the supplied catalogue data. Information regarding the culture of the work is also missing.