Scene 28: The Blessed Abbot having retired to the Château de Montaigu, soldiers of the league arrive to capture him as he leaves. A piece of wood falls from on high and scatters the soldiers and wounds the Holy Abbot, whom they leave for dead; he is miraculously cured and escapes

Scene 28: The Blessed Abbot having retired to the Château de Montaigu, soldiers of the league arrive to capture him as he leaves. A piece of wood falls from on high and scatters the soldiers and wounds the Holy Abbot, whom they leave for dead; he is miraculously cured and escapes by Matthieu Elias|Reverend Jean de la Barrière

Medium

Red chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over graphite

Dimensions

Sheet: 21 in. × 17 3/8 in. (53.4 × 44.2 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1992

Accession Number

1992.246.6

Tags

AngerMenMonks

About the Artist

Matthieu Elias|Reverend Jean de la Barrière (French|French) · 1658 |1544 1741 |1600

French, Peene 1658–1741 Dunkerque|French, Saint-Céré 1544–1600 Rome

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