Scene 28: The Blessed Abbot having retired to the Château de Montaigu, soldiers of the league arrive to capture him as he leaves. A piece of wood falls from on high and scatters the soldiers and wounds the Holy Abbot, whom they leave for dead; he is miraculously cured and escapes
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Scenes from the Life of the Reverend Jean de la Barrière
Artist: Matthieu Elias|Reverend Jean de la Barrière
Artist bio: French, Peene 1658–1741 Dunkerque|French, Saint-Céré 1544–1600 Rome
Artist role: Artist|Subject
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: 1706
Medium: Red chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 in. × 17 3/8 in. (53.4 × 44.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1992
Accession year: 1992
Tags: Anger|Men|Monks