The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own collection record for "St. Ignatius of Loyola," an engraving by the French printmaker Nicolas Bazin, dated 1703, after portraits by Cornelius Vermeulen and Nicolas de Largillierre. The record gives the accession number 57.639.1, sheet dimensions of 10 5/8 by 8 inches, the classification Prints, the credit line Gift of Charles K. Wilkinson, 1957, and its own tag identifying the work as a Portrait. It shows Ignatius holding a book, the founder of the Society of Jesus.
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The holding museum's own catalogue record for the accessioned object, the strongest available record for its artist, date, medium and accession number, its own title directly naming Ignatius and its own tag identifying the work as a portrait. Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/693062
Source TypeMuseum
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This source names Ignatius of Loyola directly: "Art's own collection record for "St. Ignatius of Loyola," an engraving by the French printmaker Nicolas Bazin, dated 1703, after portraits by Cornelius Vermeulen and Nicolas de Largillierre."
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- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
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