Saint Peter, Saint Augustine and a Female Saint in Adoration of the Eucharist
n.d.
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk, on blue gray laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions
40.2 × 25.5 cm (15 7/8 × 10 1/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80965
Art Historical Context
In the Prints and Drawings department of the Institute of Chicago, this pen and ink drawing depicts *Saint Peter, Saint Augustine, and a Saint in Adoration of Eucharist*. Created by an unknown artist, composition captures a moment of profound devotion, with the revered figures—Saint Peter, the first pope; Saint Augustine, the influential early Church Father; and an unidentified female saint—gazing in reverence at the Eucharist, the central sacrament symbolizing Christ's body in Catholic tradition. Such imagery underscores the spiritual intensity of Christian worship, particularly during period...