Saint Augustine and Two Angels Adoring the Crucifix

Exhibition history

San Marino, Calif., Huntington Library, "In Celebration of Collecting," 1995, cat. 61, cat. by Edward J. Nygren. Los Angeles, Tim D. Wright, "Master Drawings," 1998, cat. 14. Art Institute of Chicago, "Master Drawings Unveiled: 25 Years of Major Acquisitions," August 27, 2016–January 29, 2017, no cat.

Quick Overview

Artist: Giuseppe Passeri / Italian, 1654-1714
Date: 1685/1695
Medium: Pen and brown ink, heightened with lead white, over red chalk on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Primary support: 32.7 × 25.6 cm (12 7/8 × 10 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 38.5 × 29.9 cm (15 3/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: pen and ink drawings
Place: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: William and Marilyn Simpson Acquisition Fund
Accession no.: 1999.1

Provenance

Sold, Sotheby’s, London, July 4, 1994, lot 21. Sold by Tim D. Wright, Los Angeles, to the Art Institute, 1998.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.