Drawing, Sketchbook Page with Scenes from Life of St. Gregory Alberti, ca. 1590 (CH 18109639)
Summary
Vertical rectangle. Obverse: upper left, soldiers beheading a monk. Insciption, lower right: "multi soldati..."; upper right, death of a monk. Angel at the bedside, other monks in the foreground, right. Lower left: burning of a monk beore a crowd; lower right: interior of a hall with monks seated at a table, dining. Two servants in foreground serving the food. Reverse: Upper left, monks visit ruins of a town; upper right: monks distributing goods; lowe left: monks waiting in procession; lower right: monks visit dying person.
Date
1590
Source
Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Copyright info
Public Domain