Vision of Sainted Benedictine Monk
date: label: Date
content: 1776
name: label: Artist
content: Francesco Saverio Mergolo, Italian, 1746–1786
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: Vertical composition framed by a thick line of pen and black ink in the shape of a tombstone with concave corners. Depicted is angel supporting the collapsing saint. One points at an open book in the foreground at right. In the foreground at left are the upper parts of a Demon and of a woman chained to a stone wall. In the background at right is the Purgatory, with an angel liberating a soul. The composition has been squared in graphite.
label: Description
content: Verso: Above is a head, shown in profile; outlined. Below folded hands. Written below: "Mergolo" (erased) 1776/Egreg[ia] (erased) S[ignor]a E...
place: label: made in
content: 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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-4378
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and brown ink with gray wash; verso: pen and brown ink with black chalk on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 33.4 x 24 cm (13 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)