Saint Bonaventure inspired to write
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1890 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1168 x 864 mm (46 x 34 in)
Order this imageCollection
Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
NT 343200
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Saint Bonaventure inspired to write, by Rebecca Dulcibella Ferrers Orpen, later Mrs Edward Dering (1830 – 1923), signed and dated 1890. Seated on a table, supporting a book, in the act of writing, his gaze directed upwards, above the crucifix on the table; landscape and curtain background.
Makers and roles
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923), artist