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Corsini reluctantly became bishop of Fiesole in 1349

La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna

1 drawing : pencil ; border 24.5 x 14.8 cm.

The ecstasy of Andrea Corsini. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni, c. 1635-40.

Carthusian: of or belonging to an order of monks founded by St Bruno in 1086

1 print : etching, with engraving ; sheet 33.5 x 22.2 cm

The body of Saint Bruno is laid out in state and surrounded by mourning Carthusian monks. Etching with engraving after E. Le Sueur.

1 print : etching ; platemark 20 x 26.9 cm

Monks singing the Liturgy of the Hours; one monk doing penence. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu, 1795.

1 print : line engraving ; image 39.3 x 50.2 cm

Two St. Bernard dogs with an avalanche victim, one tries to revive him while the other alerts the rescue party. Line engraving by J. Landseer, 1831, after E. Landseer.

St. Camillus de Lellis was canonised by Benedict XIV in 1746, declared (along with St. John of God) the patron of the sick and hospitals by Leo XIII in 1886, later by Pius XI in 1930 their patronage was extended to include nurses and nursing in the catholic faith
Saint Camillus was the founder of the Order of Camillians or the Order of Clerics Regular, servants of the sick

Saint Camillus de Lellis comforting patients in hospital. Line engraving by J. and J. Klauber.

1 print : wood engraving ; image 28.3 x 22.5 cm

Two women comforting a fugitive youth while a monk looks in despair. Wood engraving.

He is supported by two angels. A monk weeps into a handkerchief on the right

1 drawing : pencil ; border 28.1 x 20.8 cm.

The death of Saint Benedict. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D.M. Canuti.

They make extravagant gestures in the characteristic manner of Magnasco's monks

1 print : etching, with aquatint ; platemark 21.8 x 28 cm

Monks at their devotions listening to a sermon. Etching by J.M. Galván Candela, 1875, after A. Magnasco.

1 drawing : pen and ink ; border 13.3 x 16.7 cm

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The ecstasy of Andrea Corsini. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni, c. 1635-40.

The body of Saint Bruno is laid out in state and surrounded by mourning Carthusian monks. Etching with engraving after E. Le Sueur.

Monks singing the Liturgy of the Hours; one monk doing penence. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu, 1795.

Two St. Bernard dogs with an avalanche victim, one tries to revive him while the other alerts the rescue party. Line engraving by J. Landseer, 1831, after E. Landseer.

Saint Camillus de Lellis comforting patients in hospital. Line engraving by J. and J. Klauber.

Two women comforting a fugitive youth while a monk looks in despair. Wood engraving.

The death of Saint Benedict. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D.M. Canuti.

Monks at their devotions listening to a sermon. Etching by J.M. Galván Candela, 1875, after A. Magnasco.

A lame dwarf being helped to a wheelchair by a monk. Pen and ink drawing after a design attributed to P.L. Ghezzi.

Hopîtal des Frères de la Charité, Paris: Anne of Austria visiting the charitable work of the monks. Line engraving by A. Bosse.

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The ecstasy of Andrea Corsini. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni, c. 1635-40.

The body of Saint Bruno is laid out in state and surrounded by mourning Carthusian monks. Etching with engraving after E. Le Sueur.

Monks singing the Liturgy of the Hours; one monk doing penence. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu, 1795.

Two St. Bernard dogs with an avalanche victim, one tries to revive him while the other alerts the rescue party. Line engraving by J. Landseer, 1831, after E. Landseer.

Saint Camillus de Lellis comforting patients in hospital. Line engraving by J. and J. Klauber.

Two women comforting a fugitive youth while a monk looks in despair. Wood engraving.

The death of Saint Benedict. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after D.M. Canuti.

Monks at their devotions listening to a sermon. Etching by J.M. Galván Candela, 1875, after A. Magnasco.

A lame dwarf being helped to a wheelchair by a monk. Pen and ink drawing after a design attributed to P.L. Ghezzi.

Hopîtal des Frères de la Charité, Paris: Anne of Austria visiting the charitable work of the monks. Line engraving by A. Bosse.

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