Saint Bruno
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
10 1/8 x 11 3/16 in. (25.7 x 28.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Phyllis D. Massar Gift, 2009
Accession Number
2009.275
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the serene world of 18th-century art, Jean Bernard Restout's *Saint Bruno* (1764) captures the contemplative spirit of the Carthusian order's founder. Restout, a prominent history painter trained in the Académie Royale, here turns to printmaking to honor the saint known for his life of prayer, solitude, and renunciation of worldly goods. Depicted as a solitary male figure with a cross—a symbol of faith and sacrifice—the etching evokes Bruno's legacy as a 11th-century hermit who established the austere Charterhouses across Europe. Crafted as an etching, this intimate print (measuring just 1...