The Departure of Saints Paula and Eustochium for the Holy Land

Giuseppe Bottani

Date unknown · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

The Roman noblewomen Saint Eustochium and her mother Paula were disciples of Saint Jerome. Here they are shown leaving for the Holy Land, where they built four monasteries. The picture was painted in Rome, where Bottani worked with Pompeo Batoni. It is a finished study for Bottani's masterpiece, a large altarpiece commissioned in 1745 for the church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Milan, and now in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.

Artist

Giuseppe Bottani

Date

Date unknown

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Friedman, in loving memory of Milton Friedman, 1991