The Blessed Aloysius Gonzaga in Ecstasy
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Anthony van Dyck
Artist bio: Flemish, Antwerp 1599–1641 London
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Flemish
Date: ca. 1629
Medium: Brush and brown ink; enlarged (probably by Pierre-Jean Mariette) below and at right with strips of ca. 7 mm and completed with brush and gray wash; framing lines in pen and black ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 1/16 x 3 1/16 in. (10.3 x 7.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2013
Accession year: 2013
Tags: Saints