Saint Augustine and Two Angels Adoring the Crucifix

Pen and brown ink with lead white over red chalk shows the crucified Christ, arms outstretched on a cross, a loincloth at his hips, while a bearded elder kneels at right in prayer. Two figures at left, one holding a staff, stand beside a tree-lined landscape with hatched shading across the sheet.

Artist

Giuseppe Passeri

Date

1685/1695

Medium

Pen and brown ink, heightened with lead white, over red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2165 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, William and Marilyn Simpson Acquisition Fund