St. Anthony Healing the Leg of a Boy
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on light tan paper. Arched framing outlines in pen and brown ink over black chalk
Dimensions
Lunette 5-3/8 x 10-13/16 in. (13.7 x 27.45 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Accession Number
80.3.419
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the 17th-century drawing *St. Anthony Healing the of a Boy*, an anonymous Italian artist from the-Bolognese school captures a tender miracle scene. Rendered in pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash over chalk on light tan paper this lunette-shaped study (arched at the top, measuring 5-3/8 x 10-13/16 inches) depicts the revered Saint Anthony of Padua tending to a young boy's afflicted leg, surrounded by attentive women. The arched framing lines echo architectural lunette designs, suggesting it may have been a preparatory sketch for a fresco or altarpiece. This artwork reflects the dra...