Saint Paul Overcoming the Viper

Provenance

Hector Allemand (1809–1886), Lyon [according to an inscription (Lugt 3923) on the verso of the 20th-century mount]; sold, Lyon, Mar. 1–11, 1887, lot. 830. Télémaque Costa de Saint Genix de Beauregard (1891–1935), Lyon and Chateauvieux [stamp (Lugt 3339), recto, lower right]. Sold by Nicholas Hall, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.

Saint Paul Overcoming the Viper

Giulio Bonasone

mid 1540s

Accession Number

260381

Medium

Engraving in black on cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 24.8 × 16.4 cm (9 13/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 25.2 × 16.8 cm (9 15/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

Classification

print

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund