Saint Cajetan of Thiene Holding the Infant Jesus, Gaetano Gherardo Zompini, 1730–40

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Saint Cajetan of Thiene Holding the Infant Jesus, 1730–40, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash. Framing lines in pen and gray ink, 8-15/16 x 6-7/8 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Gaetano Gherardo Zompini (Italian, Nervesa near Treviso 1700–1778 Venice), On Christmas Eve in 1517 Saint Cajetan (Gaetano Thiene, Italian, 1480-1547) had a vision in which the Blessed Virgin offered him the Christ Child. Cajetan is here identified by his attribute, a branch of lilies, and by the high-collared habit of the Theatine order, of which he was one of the founders

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