Scenes from Life of San Giovanni Gualberto
date: label: Date
content: 1590s
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
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content: Research in Progress
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content: Description: Recto, above left: The Slaughter and Miraculous Healing of the Monks of
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content: San Salvi. At left, assassins loyal to the Bishop of Florence strike down monks. At right, St. Giovanni Gualberto heals them.
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content: Recto, below left: The Trial by Fire of Pietro Aldobrandini at Settimo. At
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content: the request of St. Giovanni Gualberto, Pietro Aldobrandini, at center, walks barefoot across a blazing pyre. He is unscathed, proving his righteousness, resolving a dispute with the Bishop of Florence.
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content: Recto, above right: An Angel Visits St. Giovanni Gualberto on his
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content: deathbed. In the saint's bedroom, monks gather around the dying man. The angel appears in the background beyond.
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content: Recto, below right: The Miraculous Meal at Vallombrosa. Monks sit at
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content: tables in a refectory, refusing to eat the meat they are being served. In the background an angel appears, bringing bread wrapped in cloth for the monks to eat instead.
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content: Verso, above left: The Destruction of the Monastery of San Pietro at
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content: Moscheta. In the foreground at right, St. Giovanni Gualberto stands with fellow monks on the banks of a swollen stream. At his command, the stream floods and destroys excessively rich monastic buildings.
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content: Verso, below left: The Miraculous Storm at Moscheta. The saint appears at
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content: the entrance to the monastery, at the top of flight of stairs. Below appears a carriage surrounded by attendants who run and cover their heads to protect themselves from a sudden downpour. The rain, indicated by vigorous vertical lines, helpfully prevents the weak St. Giovanni Gualberto from traveling.
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content: Verso, above right: A Miraculous Distribution of Grain at Vallombrosa. At
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content: the entrance to the monastery, St. Giovanni Gualberto watches in the foreground as his monks distribute a miraculously inexhaustible supply of grain to the poor, who are suffering from famine. They exit left.
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content: Verso, below right: St. Giovanni Gualberto Visits a Sick Woman. People gather around her bed.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-148
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
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content: Drawing
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content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7.1 × 10.7 cm (2 13/16 × 4 3/16 in.)