Matthieu Elias|Reverend Jean de la Barrière

Scene 28: The Blessed Abbot having retired to the Château de Montaigu, soldiers of the league arrive to capture him as he leaves. A piece of wood falls from on high and scatters the soldiers and wounds the Holy Abbot, whom they leave for dead; he is miraculously cured and escapes

1706
Red chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over graphite
53.4 × 44.2 cm (21 × 17.4 in)

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