Saint Andrew Embracing the X-Shaped Cross
An elderly bald bearded man with bare torso embraces a diagonal cross-like pole, his muscular arm wrapped around it while a white drapery falls across his lap. Warm light falls on his flesh against a dark background in this oil painting.
- Artist
- Pompeo Girolamo Batoni
- Date
- 1740–43
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2030 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1743).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Regenstein through the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation
