An etching reproducing Ernest Duez's 1879 triptych painting of Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, in three panels: the young Cuthbert kneeling in prayer after a vision while guarding his flock, Cuthbert as a boy watching an eagle bring him and a companion a fish, and the elderly Cuthbert ordering birds away from barley he had just sown. Published in the art journal L'Art, volume XVIII, in 1879. Held today by the British Museum.
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Object TypePrint (Engraving, Etching, Woodcut or Lithograph) 1 Physical Form
MediumEtching after Ernest Duez, published in L'Art, 1879, British Museum 1 Medium (class) Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Source Triptych of St Cuthbert, British Museum (after Duez, 1879)
Depicts
The British Museum's own curatorial title names St Cuthbert outright across all three panels, corroborated by the Musee d'Orsay's record of the original painting's identical three scenes.
Source Triptych of St Cuthbert, British Museum (after Duez, 1879)
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1. Triptych of St Cuthbert, British Museum (after Duez, 1879)
British Museum- British Museum P_1880-0214-188
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An etching reproducing Ernest Duez's 1879 triptych painting of Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, in three panels: the young Cuthbert kneeling in prayer after a vision while guarding his flock, Cuthbert as a boy watching an eagle bring him and a companion a fish, and the elderly Cuthbert ordering birds away from barley he had just sown.
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