Saint Giovanni Gualberto and the Miraculous Crucifix
date: label: Date
content: 1590s
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: St. Giovanni Gualberto, dressed as a knight, stands before an altar, facing right. Other knights appear beyond. The scene, which takes place at the Florentine church of San Miniato al Monte, early in the saint’s life. Following Giovanni Gualberto's pardon of his brother's murderer (shown kneeling with the saint's hand upon his head), a miracle occurs: in recognition of the act of forgiveness, the sculpted figure of Christ on the crucifix bows its head towards Gualberto.
label: Description
content: Verso: In the foreground, St. Giovanni Gualberto (distinguished by his halo) encourages a fellow monk to give away both halves of their only loaf of bread to a beggar, seen at right. A later moment appears in the middle distance, where the monk shows St. Giovanni Gualberto three eggs he has been given. In the background, villagers, hearing of the monks' kindness, reward them with three loaves of bread.
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: 1901-39-155
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Recto: pen and ink, brush and wash on laid paper. Verso: pen and ink on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.3 × 7.5 cm (4 1/16 × 2 15/16 in.)