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S. Eustachius
| The title refers to the martyr Saint Eustace, a noble officer in the army of the Roman emperor Trajan in the 2nd century. According to legend, the officer was converted to Christianity while he was hunting one day and encountered a stag bearing a radiant crucifix between his antlers that addressed him in the name of Christ. |
Saint Eustace
"S. Eustachius"
1974. Watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil on paper
8 1/8 x 10 3/4 in. (20.6 x 27.3 cm)
Promised Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky, in memory of her father, Joseph H. Hazen
L.1995.12.4
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