Christ gives Saint Peter of Alcántara a bowl of food, and reaches for a bottle of water for him, seen in a vision by Saint Teresa of Avila. Colour etching by A. Scacciati, 1758, after A.D. Gabbiani.

  • Gabbiani, Anton Domenico, 1652-1726.
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Christ gives Saint Peter of Alcántara a bowl of food, and reaches for a bottle of water for him, seen in a vision by Saint Teresa of Avila. Colour etching by A. Scacciati, 1758, after A.D. Gabbiani. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Possibly one of the two events described in the Acta Sanctorum, loc. cit., in which Christ is seen supplying food to Saint Peter of Alcántara, though neither episode fits the drawing by Gabbiani exactly: "Cum enim quondam sacris operaretur sanctus Petrus, et sancta Teresia ei interesset ad communionem se praeparans, vidit sanctum Patrem nostrum Franciscum diaconi, sanctum vero Antonium subdiaconi fungentem officio, ut illa ipsa postea narravit pluribus fide dignis. Et rursus eadem Sancta, quadam die vidit, dum commederet sanctus Petrus; Christum dominum ei propinantem aquam, quam biberet, et mantile, quo manus abstergeret; ipsi etiam escas parabat, in mensa apponebat, imo et ori ingerebat. Erat Abulae mulier , quae vixit et mortua est magna cum sanctitatis fama, nomine Maria Diaz. Haec, audiens quadam die, sanctum Fr. Petrum in urbe versari, adivit domum nobilis viri apud quem morabatur: invenit eum mensae accumbentem, simulque videt Christum ei ad latus stantem, atque cibos ori ejus imponentem. Ut autem aspexit sancta illa mulier suum dilectum Dominum et Salvatorem, anima et cor ejus cucurrerunt post eum , remansitque abrepta. Illius oblita quem quaesitum venerat : Quomodo, Domine mi, exclamat , tu hic es? Cui dominus placidissime respondens, ait : Et ubi, filia, vis me potius esse, quam ubi reficio meos electos? Tantum verba haec suavissima rapuerunt cor benedictae illius feminae, ut ibidem, pluribus inspicientibus, sensibus destituta atque extasim patiens manserit per longum temporis spatium."

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1758

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1 print

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LXXXXVII nella Galleria Palatina. A.D. Gabbiani inv. et del. And Scacciati incid. Flor. 1758

References note

Vita S Petri de Alcantara confessoris, Acta Sanctorum, Octobris, tomus VIII, Brussels: A. Greuse, 1853, p. 666
Rudolph Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 229, no. 2634 ("Das Gastmahl des S. Petrus von Alcantara mit S. Theresa. Feder und Bister. A. Scacciati sc. Br. 13", H. 8" 11"'. Hugford, Raccolta.")

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