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Artist/Maker	Picart, Bernard (artist)
Place of origin	France (drawn)

Female Saint bearing a flaming heart in one hand and a crucifix in the other, and kneeling at an altar; she wears a crown of thorns and is followed by nuns; A design for an engraving; Highly finished in red chalk and squared for copying.

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Categories	Drawings Designs
Object type	Drawing
Materials and techniques	drawn in red chalk and squared for copying Paper Red Chalk Drawing (Image-Making) Squaring (Transferring Technique)
Brief description	Picart, Bernard; Female Saint bearing a flaming heart in one hand and a crucifix in the other, and kneeling at an altar; she wears a crown of thorns and is followed by nuns; A design for an engraving; Highly finished in red chalk and squared for copying; French School; Late 17th - early 18th century.
Physical description	Female Saint bearing a flaming heart in one hand and a crucifix in the other, and kneeling at an altar; she wears a crown of thorns and is followed by nuns; A design for an engraving; Highly finished in red chalk and squared for copying.
Dimensions	Height: 292mm Width: 215mm Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place: 11.3 x 8.3). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style	French School
Credit line	Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history	This is a design for an engraving.
Subjects depicted	Saint Woman Nuns Crucifix Altar Crown of Thorns Heart
Bibliographic reference	DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	DYCE.587

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Record created	October 28, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1139502/drawing-picart-bernard/

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