Saint Benedict Reviving a Monk Killed by the Devil

Provenance

Professor Jean Cantacuzino, Bucharest (1863 - 1934); by inheritance to his son, Alexandre Cantacuzino, Bucharest and Constantinople (1901 - 1980)(1); his heirs through mid 1980s; (sold to the antiquarian booksellers, Gilhofer and Ranschburg, Lucerne); Private collection, Northern Germany, 1987; (purchased by Jörn Günther, Hamburg, 2000); German private collection (sale, Sotheby's London, 8 July 2004, no. 21); purchased 2004 by NGA. (1) See provenance notes in object file.

Saint Benedict Reviving a Monk Killed by the Devil

Schäufelein, Hans Leonard

c. 1505

Accession Number

2004.90.1

Medium

pen and brown ink with graphite framing lines on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 23.3 x 17.1 cm (9 3/16 x 6 3/4 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund