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The Vision of St. Augustine
Artist: Vittore Carpaccio (1460/66 - 1525/26)
Location: British Museum
Date: 1502 - 1503
Materials: pen & brown ink with grey wash
Dimensions: 27.8 x 42.6cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £650 (Total: £650)
Vendor: Colnaghi
Review number: 911 (1934)
Description:
This is a compositional drawing which depicts St. Augustine in his study. The episode portrayed derives from an apocryphal account of the life of St. Jerome. Augustine has just sat down at his desk to write Jerome a letter when 'suddenly an indescribable light, no seen in our times…entered the cell in which I was.' This unearthly glow revealed to Augustine that Jerome had just died. This is one of many Italian Renaissance drawings purchased outright by The Art Fund and presented to the British Museum in the first half of the twentieth century.
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