Saint Benedict Joseph Labre
unknown (Austrian School)
Basic information
- ID
- Ж-1391
- Author
- unknown (Austrian School)
- Name
- Saint Benedict Joseph Labre
- Date of creation
- late 18th c.
- Technique
- oil painting
- Material
- canvas oil
- Dimensions (height x width, cm)
- 46 x 33
Additionally
- Type
- painting
- Genre
- religious
- Provenance
- Collection of Lviv Archdiocesan Museum
Information about author
Object description
The work of an unknown artist from the Austrian School of the late 18th or early 19th century is a reduced copy of the painting "Saint Benedict Joseph Labre" by Italian artist Antonio Cavallucci (1752–1795), created before 1783 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). The painting by Antonio Cavallucci is a bust-length portrait of the young Saint Benedict in deep contemplation, with his hands crossed in front of him against a neutral dark background. It is believed that the artist created this portrait during the saint's lifetime. Identical in composition but rendered in brighter, more saturated colours, this work is a bust-length portrait of the saint with a halo against a dark blue background. Benedict Labre is depicted as a young man with downcast, sorrowful eyes, short dark hair, a moustache, and a neat beard. The man is dressed in a green cloak with a wide turned-down collar, underneath which a white shirt and a rosary of dark green beads are visible.
Portrayed person
- The name of the person portrayed
- Benedict Joseph Labre (1748, Amettes, France – 1783, Rome, Italy) was a Catholic saint, a Franciscan monk, a pilgrim, and the patron saint of the homeless, beggars, and the mentally ill.
- Lifetime of the person portrayed
- 1748–1783
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
