Saint Benedict
Oil On Canvas- WallArt
- Baroque
1640- Early Modern
188.0 x 104.0 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Francisco de Zurbarán (1598 – 1664)
Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664): Spaanse barokschilder & meester van dramatische tenebrisme & religieuze kunst. Bekijk zijn iconische werken met monniken, heiligen & stillevens!
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States of America)
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This painting formed part of a series by Zurbarán representing the thirteen founders of monastic orders, known today from copies in the Capuchin convent at Castellón de la Plana. During the 1630s, his workshop produced at least two other copies to serve evangelizing missions in the Americas: one series went to Lima and another to Mexico City. Saint Benedict is depicted holding a wine jar—notably a contemporary Spanish example made in the neighborhood of Triana in Seville—in reference to a legend that a jar of poisoned wine was fractured when blessed by the saint, thus saving him. Benedict reappears praying in the rocky landscape background.
Over dit kunstwerk
- Titel: Saint Benedict
- Kunstenaar: Francisco de Zurbarán
- Jaar: 1640
- Oorspronkelijke afmetingen: 188.0 x 104.0 cm
- Formaat: Tall
- Auteursrechtelijke status: Publiek domein
- Te zien op: Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Stroming: Baroque
- Context corpus: catholic spiritual devotion, monastic order founders
- Kleurenpalet: Earthy
Belangrijkste kenmerken
- Notable elements or techniques: Wine jar, rocky landscape, birds
- Dimensions: 188 x 104 cm
- Year: 1640
- Artistic style: Baroque
- Title: Saint Benedict
- Subject or theme: Monastic founders, religious devotion
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