Saint Thomas of Villanueva Giving Alms
Saint Thomas of Villanueva Giving Alms

Currently not on view

Saint Thomas of Villanueva Giving Alms,

ca. 1671

Karel Škréta, Czech, 1610–1674
2005-73

Information

Title
Saint Thomas of Villanueva Giving Alms
Dates

ca. 1671

Maker
Karel Škréta
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white over graphite
Dimensions
22.3 x 13.8 cm (8 3/4 x 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
2005-73
Culture
Czech
Type
studies (visual works), drawings
Materials
laid paper, ink, wash, graphite
Techniques
heightening
Subject
children (people by age group), saints, columns (architectural elements), figures (representations), religious art, men, women, birettas

European private collection; Flavia Ormond Fine Arts, London; sold to Princeton University Art Museum

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