Saint Augustine and Two Angels Adoring the Crucifix

Prints and Drawings

1685/1695

Giuseppe Passeri
Italian, 1654-1714

One of the most sought-after painters in late 17th-century Rome, Passeri was also a prolific draftsman. The tenderly depicted venerating saint may be identified as Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (340–430), whose miter and crosier are held by two angels, while his numerous writings are represented by the open book at his feet. A sinner turned saint who lived long after the Crucifixion, Augustine could never have knelt at the Cross as this vision suggests.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Giuseppe Passeri
Title: Saint Augustine and Two Angels Adoring the Crucifix
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1685–1695
Medium: Pen and brown ink, heightened with lead white, over red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Primary support: 32.7 × 25.6 cm (12 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 38.5 × 29.9 cm (15 3/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: William and Marilyn Simpson Acquisition Fund
Reference Number: 1999.1
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San Marino, Calif., Huntington Library, “In Celebration of Collecting,” 1995, cat. 61, cat. by Edward J. Nygren.
Los Angeles, Tim D. Wright, “Master Drawings,” 1998, cat. 14.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Master Drawings Unveiled: 25 Years of Major Acquisitions,” August 27, 2016–January 29, 2017, no cat.

Sold, Sotheby’s, London, July 4, 1994, lot 21. Sold by Tim D. Wright, Los Angeles, to the Art Institute, 1998.

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