Scene 36: Reception of the heart and head of the Blessed Father Dom Jean de la Barrière, brought from Rome to his Abbey of Feuillants in 1626, where they are carefully preserved along with other relics of the Holy Abbot

Scene 36: Reception of the heart and head of the Blessed Father Dom Jean de la Barrière, brought from Rome to his Abbey of Feuillants in 1626, where they are carefully preserved along with other relics of the Holy Abbot 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 1/8 × 17 9/16 in. (53.7 × 44.6 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1992

Accession Number

1992.246.3

Tags

InteriorsAbbeysMenWomen

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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