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Bishop Blessing a Kneeling Man OR Meeting of Emperor Theodosius and Bishop Ambrose

A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper.

Date:

c. 1600

Artist:

Attributed to Luigi Benfatto
Italian, c. 1544-c. 1609

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Luigi Benfatto

Title

Bishop Blessing a Kneeling Man OR Meeting of Emperor Theodosius and Bishop Ambrose

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.

1598–1602

Medium

Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

20.1 × 29.1 cm (7 15/16 × 11 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Charles E. Slatkin

Reference Number

1959.42

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