Saint Ambrose Suppressing Heresy

Gottfried Bernhard Götz

Associated Names
Gottfried Bernhard Götz

Artist, German, 1708 - 1774

The image shows a bearded man in a robe and mantle, standing with one hand extended and the other holding a book. He has long, curly hair and a flowing beard. Around him is an ornate chair or throne. A winged figure is above him to the right, with a light stream from a triangular form. Another smaller figure is depicted on the ground, holding a scroll and looking up. The background includes buildings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray wash heightened with white, squared in graphite; lower left corner redrawn on an insert

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21 x 13.5 cm (8 1/4 x 5 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.26.1

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1989

  • Kaufmann 1989, cat.no. 16.

Inscriptions

lower left in brown ink on Book of Heresy: ARIVS.

Wikidata ID

Q64572678

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