Tag: Saint

Saint Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía

(1510–1572) Francisco de Borja y Aragón 4th Duke of Gandía Saint Francis Borgia in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) San Francisco de Borja y el moribundo impenitente 1788 Catedral de Santa María, Valencia     Feast: • October 3 | October 10…

Saint Augustine of Hippo

(354–430) Works: • Confessiones (Latin) ◊ The Confessions (English) • Soliloquies (English) • The City of God, Volume I (English) • The City of God, Volume II (English) • Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy (English) Saint Augustine in Art: Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Crocifissione c.1440…

Louis IX (France)

(1214–1270) King of France (1226–1270) Churches: • San Luigi dei Francesi (Roma) See also: • France | French Monarchs | Monarchs | Saints

San Francesco in meditazione (c.1606)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Francesco in meditazione (Saint Francis in Meditation) c.1606 Oil on canvas, 130 x 90 cm cm Museo Civico Ala Ponzone, Cremona The subject represents a Saint Francis “in desperate meditation on the Crucifix” (Longhi 1943), the penitent saint is…

Salomè con la testa del Battista (c.1607)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) c.1607 Oil on canvas, 116 x 140 cm Palacio Real, Madrid The painting is in good condition after being restored by Patrimonio Nacional in 2015. It…

Vocazione dei santi Pietro e Andrea (c.1602-1604)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Vocazione dei santi Pietro e Andrea (Calling of Saints Andrew and Peter) c.1602–1604 Oil on canvas, 140.1 x 176 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London Christ gestures ahead while turning back to the brothers Simon (later Peter) and Andrew,…

San Matteo e l’angelo (1602)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Matteo e l’angelo (St Matthew and the Angel) 1602 destroyed in 1945 Oil on canvas, 232 x 183 cm Bode Museum, Berlin (former Kaiser Friedrich Museum)

Conversione di San Paolo (1600)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo (Conversion of Saint Paul) 1600 Oil on cypress wood, 237 x 189 cm Odescalchi Balbi Collection, Roma Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo 1600–1601 Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma