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Saint Paschal Baylon's Vision of the Eucharist

Maker

(Artists)
1696-1770

Title

Saint Paschal Baylon's Vision of the Eucharist

Date of Production

1767

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 63.6 cm (canvas)
Width: 38.7 cm (canvas)

Accession Number

P.1978.PG.454

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Related Works

Angel holding a monstrance - study for 'Saint Paschal's Vision of the Eucharist'

Label Text

This composition was intended for the high altar of the church dedicated to St Pascual Baylon. The saint, praying in an arid garden, sees an angel holding a monstrance (a gilded container holding the communion bread or wafer). Tiepolo’s image reflects the austerity of the church’s friars, emphasised by the contrast between Pascual’s plain robes and the luminous angel. The saint’s gardening hoe recalls the importance the Franciscans attached to manual labour.

Provenance

Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

All Spirit and Fire - Oil Sketches by Tiepolo, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2006-29/05/2006

For your approval - Oil Sketches by Tiepolo, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, 03/05/2005-04/09/2005

Display with permanent collection, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, 01/09/1997-01/06/1998

Literature

Facetten des Barock : Meisterzeichnungen von Gianlorenzo Bernini bis Anton Raphael Mengs aus dem Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf/Akademiesammlung, Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, 1990, 1990
p. 147
Fig. p. Abb. 58c on p. 146

Knox, George, Catalogue of the Tiepolo Drawings in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2nd ed. 1975
p. 29

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