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Matthieu Elias

10 works

Matthieu Elias (1658-1741) was a painter and printmaker from France. Read more

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Brown wash drawing of clergy in vestments carrying a reliquary bust through a vaulted church interior with kneeling figures.

Scene 36: Reception of the heart and head of the Blessed Father Dom Jean de la Barrière, brought from Rome to his Abb…

1706-07

Brown wash drawing of a monk embracing a robed clergyman at a dais, with monks standing along the wall and a scroll.

Scene 32: Supporters of the league pursue the Blessed Abbot to Rome; despite their calumnies his innocence is recogni…

1707

Sepia drawing of soldiers scattering as a beam falls, a robed monk raises his hand, and a man lies wounded on a platform.

Scene 28: The Blessed Abbot having retired to the Château de Montaigu, soldiers of the league arrive to capture him a…

1706

Drawing of robed monks carrying a bier with a draped body through a Gothic church interior toward a candlelit altar.

Feuillant monks carry the bier with the body of Jean de la Barrière

1706-07

Brown wash drawing of a deathbed scene with a standing cleric, a dying man in bed, kneeling monks and a crucifix on a wall.

Scene 33: The Blessed Abbot, near death, receives the blessing of the pope, who sends for this purpose Cardinal d'Oss…

1706

Brown wash drawing of armored guards with halberds escorting a robed bald man through an arched doorway onto a cobbled street

The arrest of Jean de La Barrière by the League at Lombez

1706-07

Brown wash drawing of a body on display in a church interior, with clergy, guards with halberds and a crowd.

Scene 34: To satisfy the devotion of the people, they are forced to leave the Blessed Abbot's body on display for thr…

1706-07

Brown wash drawing of robed clerics, kneeling monks and a woman in an interior, one monk holding out an unrolled plan.

Scene 31: Foundation of a second Feuillant monastery in Rome, dedicated to Saint Bernard, in 1594, thanks to the gene…

1706

Sepia drawing of a robed monk gesturing to a kneeling man as clergy stand along a columned interior wall.

Jean de La Barrière blessing a cardinal

1706

Brown wash drawing of a man in period dress meeting a monk at a desk in a plain room, with a second monk by the door.

Scene 25: Fatally wounded, King Henry III informs the Blessed Abbot of his condition and recommends himself to his pr…

1706-07

Matthieu Elias (1658-1741) was a painter and printmaker from France. Matthieu Elias died in Dunkirk. Browse 10 works by Matthieu Elias from one museum, free to download in HD. Source: Wikidata