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
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