Matthieu Elias|Reverend Jean de la Barrière

Scene 33: The Blessed Abbot, near death, receives the blessing of the pope, who sends for this purpose Cardinal d'Ossat, a close friend of the saint, whose teacher he had been; he dies in the odor of sanctity, 25 April 1600

1706
Red chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over graphite
53 × 44.3 cm (20.9 × 17.4 in)

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