A bishop saint exorcising a youth and baptising a pagan soldier

细节

Italian School, 16th Century
A bishop saint exorcising a youth and baptising a pagan soldier
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, on blue paper, unframed
11¼ x 21 in. (28.6 x 53.2 cm.)

来源

J. Richardson, Sen., his mount with his extensive inscription on the verso.
C. Rogers (L. 624).

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拍品专文

Richardson's inscription on the verso of the mount proposes Saint Fintan as the subject of this drawing. It seems unlikely, however, that either of the Irish saints of this name would be natural subjects for an Italian artist of this period; nor can the twin events of exorcism and baptism, or the Classical costumes, be reconciled with the miracles of either Saint Fintan.