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Bishop Saint Adoring Christ Child
ca. 1725–50
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Kneeling saint is looking up at a vision of the Christ Child holding a cross in one hand and an orb in another. In the lower right, an undressed older woman is crying out in despair and tearing at her hair.
Details
- Title: Bishop Saint Adoring Christ Child
- Date Created: ca. 1725–50
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
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