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Village in an Alpine Valley
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Village in an Alpine Valley

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and red-brown wash, pale blue gouache, heightened with white, over graphite

Dimensions

12 1/16 x 16 15/16 in. (30.6 x 43 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1963

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Victor Jean Nicolle

1754–1826France

Comment on works: Architectural views; Roman views

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Scene 33: The Blessed Abbot, near death, receives the blessing of the pope, who sends for this purpose Cardinal d'Ossat, a close friend of the saint, whose teacher he had been; he dies in the odor of sanctity, 25 April 1600

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Jean de La Barrière blessing a cardinal

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Scene 34: To satisfy the devotion of the people, they are forced to leave the Blessed Abbot's body on display for three days; many miracles are performed

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Scene 25: Fatally wounded, King Henry III informs the Blessed Abbot of his condition and recommends himself to his prayers

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