The Veneration of St. Atto’s Miraculously Preserved Body

c. 1607

Benedetto Veli

Associated Names
Benedetto Veli

Artist, Italian, 1564 - 1639

This is a drawing of a large gathering in a classical setting. The drawing illustrates an event taking place in an interior space with many figures gathered around what appears to be an altar or a significant central figure. This scene is depicted with careful attention to the details of the figures' clothing and the architecture, including columns and a raised platform. The style suggests a connection to the Renaissance period, emphasizing balance, proportion, and a sense of grandeur typical of the works from the era.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, with perspective lines in graphite and corrections in white gouache, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.4 x 38 cm (10 3/8 x 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.111.179

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Baron Horace de Landau [1824-1903] Florence (Lugt 1334c); his niece Madame Hugo Finaly [d. 1938], Florence. Tor Engestroem, Stockholm. (sale, Christie's London, 5 July 1983, no. 53, as Domenico Passignano). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Fünfzig italienische Zeichnungen des 16. - 18. Jahrhunderts aus der Stiftung Ratjen, Vaduz. Liechtensteinischen Staatlichen Kunstsammlung, Vaduz. Bern, 1995, no. 20 (as Domenico Passignano).

1996

  • Italian Drawings from the Ratjen Foundation, Vaduz. The Frick Collection, New York. Bern, 1996, no. 20.

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2011, no. 24.

Inscriptions

lower center, black chalk and black ink, D. Passignano; in image, center right and lower right, brown ink, numbers and measurements; verso of mount, center, graphite, 104 [encircled]; verso of mount, center right, brown ink [vertically], 2.14; verso of mount, upper left, black chalk, 253; verso of mount, along left margin, graphite [vertically], Passignano; verso of mount, lower left, graphite, X

Wikidata ID

Q64537199

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