DrawingsItalian15th century

Saint Augustine Suffering from a Toothache

c. 1463-1465

Artists

Benozzo GozzoliArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink on cream antique laid paper laid down on mount (a warmer second brown ink used to strengthen several figures in the major figural group)

Culture

Italian

Century

15th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

9.7 × 13.2 cm (3 13/16 × 5 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Jonathan Richardson Sr., London (Lugt 2184). Thomas Lawrence, London (Lugt 2445). WIlliam Esdaile, London (Lugt 2617). Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932.

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