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
Rights
Public Domain
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...