Saint Deicolus and the Boar
Cleveland Museum of Art

Saint Deicolus and the Boar

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner (German, 1712–1761) · 1747–48

pen and brown and gray inks and brush and gray wash heightened with white gouache; incised, verso coated with red chalk
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The rarely depicted St. Deicolus was an Irish monk who lived in the 600s and was known for his retreat to a hermitage in a forest.

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