Two Soldier Saints Adoring the Host

c. 1690(?)

Michael Wenzel Halbax

Associated Names
Michael Wenzel Halbax

Artist, German, 1661 - 1711

The image depicts two full-bodied figures centered amidst cloud formations. The figure on the left is kneeling, placing one hand over the chest while the other is held up. This person has short hair and a beard, and they are wearing a long, flowing garment with characteristic folds. The figure on the right is standing with one foot forward on the clouds, arms extended upward. They have shorter hair and are dressed in a similar flowing garment with draped fabric and straps resembling sandals. Surrounding the figures are clouds that also contain two winged cherubs in the upper sections, with a symmetrical, radiant object at the top emitting beams of light. The background is filled with clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with graphite, heightened with white gouache, on brown laid paper, squared in black chalk for transfer

  • Credit Line

    Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.5 x 20.4 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.111.102

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Buch- und Kunstantiquariat Franz Malota, Vienna, 1919, no. 99). (sale, Christies, London, 7 July 1981, no. 112). Wolfgang Ratjen, Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • German Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1580 - 1900, NGA, 2010, no. 8.

Bibliography

1963

  • Preiss, Pavel. "Poznámky k dilu Michala Václava Halbaxe." Umení 11 (1963): 294 (reprod.).

1970

  • Franzl, Ingrid. "Michael Wenzel Halbax: Leben und Werk." Unpublished dissertation, University of Innsbruck, 1970: 218-219, no. 32, pl. 27.

2006

  • Preiss, Pavel. Ceská barokní kresba/Baroque Drawing in Bohemia. Prague, 2006: 102-103 (reprod.).

Inscriptions

on backing paper at bottom right in brown ink: Halwachs del--; on verso at top right in graphite: No 436 Zeichnung; at bottom center in blue pencil: 104, and black ink: Schlägl[?]; at center right in graphite: 110[?]; at bottom right in brown ink: N. 570

Wikidata ID

Q64614692

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