Art Institute of Chicago
Saint Andrew
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708–1787)LinkedCulture matchlcp-77b0c9afa4ad
- Date
- 1740–43
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 11575
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
One of a series of religious paintings commissioned by Pompeo Batoni’s most dedicated patron, Count Cesare Merenda of Forlì, this painting depicts Andrew the Apostle carrying his distinctive X-shaped cross. As the story goes, Saint Andrew welcomed death by crucifixion because it brought him closer to Christ, calling out in his final moments, “Oh Cross, I have desired to embrace you.” Capturing the emotional drama of this moment, Batoni painted the saint with a somber expression, tenderly and affectionately clutching his instrument of torture.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Joseph Regenstein through the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation
- Provenance
- Merenda family, Forlì, and thence by descent; with M. & C. Sestieri, Rome, by 1959; sold to the Art Institute, 1960.
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- Object type
- AAT300033618
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