# Saint Euphrosyne

**Melchior Steidl** (Austrian, 1657–1727)  
c. 1695  
pen and brown ink with gray wash and touches of graphite, heightened with white, on laid paper  
overall: 18.6 x 12.7 cm (7 5/16 x 5 in.)

Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.52.1. [The museum's record](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.98264.html).

## About this work

Melchior Steidl drew this in about 1695, aged 38. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

### What you’re looking at

The image displays three figures. The central figure is seated and supported by the other two. The central figure has wavy dark hair, eyes closed, and wears a robe with a cross. The figure on the left looks serene, while the one on the right holds onto the cross. The background is sketchy with dark and light contrast, possibly depicting a dimly lit or nighttime setting with visible wooden beams.

_Description from the National Gallery of Art._

### How it was made

- **Graphite.** Pencil. Graphite has been used for drawing since the 1500s; in 1795 Nicolas-Jacques Conté mixed it with clay, so its hardness could be graded.
- **Pen and ink.** Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.
- **Laid paper.** Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

### [Melchior Steidl](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/melchior-steidl)

Austrian, 1657–1727

## Facts

- Type: Drawing
- The artist was 38
- Real size: about 7½ × 5 in (19 × 13 cm). The original is small: even the 8 × 10 in print shows it larger than life.
- Century: 17th century
- Subjects: saints, Saint Euphrosyne, Smaragdus
- Colour: black
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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