Tag: SAINT CATHERINE
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina’s Saint Catherine of Alexandria, with Footnotes #192
Saint Catherine of Alexandria is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius. According to her hagiography, she was both a princess and a noted scholar, who became a Christian around the age of fourteen, and converted hundreds of people…
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18 Paintings, Stories from the Bible, as interpreted by Rosso Fiorentino, Pietro della Vecchia, Luca Giordano, Johann Carl Loth, Francesco Ruschi, Valentin de Boulogne, Vincente Macip, Vincente Macip, Martin Schongauer, Barend van Orley, Daniele da Volterra, Francesco Raibolini, Andrea Meldolla, Pietro Testa and Pieter Brueghel, with footnotes #37
The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the Lamentation of Christ, a scene from the Passion of Christ found in cycles of the Life of Christ. When Christ and the Virgin are…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, With Footnotes – #134
This elegant Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Catherine of Siena exemplifies the type of painting that Sodoma produced for private devotion. Half-length sacre conversazioni were popular in Siena from the mid-15th century and in the present panel Sodoma continued that tradition in an updated form. The central figures of the Madonna and Child…
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03 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 70
This imposing painting once formed the centrepiece of a polyptych dedicated to Saint Catherine. It preserves in part its original frame with cusped arch. The lateral compartments remain untraced. The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine covers two different subjects in Christian art arising from visions received by either Saint Catherine of Alexandria or Saint Catherine…
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19 Works, September 19th. is William Dyce”s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #206
Elisha’s Final Prophecy: …16Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So the king put his hand on the bow, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands. 17“Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This…
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05 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 70
The Master of the Figdor St Eustache ACTIVE IN ROMAGNA AT THE END OF THE 15TH CENTURY THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT SEBASTIAN Oil on panel, maroflauged 88.3 x 65.3 cm.; 34 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. Private collection Saint Sebastian (died c. 288 AD) was an early Christian saint and martyr. Sebastian had prudently concealed his faith,…
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