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Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus , Giuseppe Cesari
Giuseppe Cesari
Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus
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Giuseppe Cesari: Die Überreichung der Glaubensformel und Der Sieg der Neocesarea, Santa Maria Maggiore, Cappella Paolina, Rom

Giuseppe Cesari

Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus , ca. 1610 – 1612

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260 x 174 mm
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Red and black chalk, framed on all sides with a hand-drawn line in brown ink
Inventory Number
14346
Object Number
14346 Z
Acquisition
Acquired in 1921
Status
On display, Department of Prints and Drawings Exhibition Gallery

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The Greek title “Thaumaturgus” describes Saint Gregory as a worker of miracles. Cesari has depicted the bishop at his writing table. His expressive gesture and the turn of his head as if in an act of listening lend him a tense—indeed, startled—quality. The artist made this drawing in preparation for a fresco in the Cappella Paolina in the Roman Church of S. Maria Maggiore, which is devoted to the triumph of the Christian faith over heresy.

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15.11.2024