The body of Saint Bruno is laid out in state and surrounded by mourning Carthusian monks. Etching with engraving after E. Le Sueur.

  • Le Sueur, Eustache, 1616-1655.
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Carthusian: of or belonging to an order of monks founded by St Bruno in 1086

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; sheet 33.5 x 22.2 cm

Lettering

Quid querulis, pia turba ... Il meurt. Laisse moins voir cette douleur profonde, ... 21 Bears number bottom right : 21

References note

I. Compin and A. Roquebert, Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay, Paris 1986, vol. IV, p. 57

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Wellcome Collection 44180i

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After Eustache Le Sueur's "Vie de saint Bruno (Mort de saint Bruno le 6 octobre 1101), a series of 22 paintings for the Petit Cloître des Chatreux de Paris (1645-1648). The paintings were copied onto wooden panels between 1778 and 1783

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