- Published / Created:
- [15th or 16th century?]
- Call Number:
- Print00951
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title supplied by curator., Place of publication derived by cataloger from text on verso and presence of umlauts., Date derived from style of print., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and 2x2.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- John, the Apostle, Saint.
- Subject (Topic):
- Poisoning, Miracles, Snakes, Saints, Chalices, and Dead persons
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [Saint John the Evangelist holding cup with serpent] [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- [between 1480 and 1520?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3567.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A Flemish or Dutch drawing of a female saint in a Poor Clare habit and with a crown of thorns (probably Catherine of Siena) kneeling before a crucifix, arms crossed over her chest, as she resists the temptation of riches, power, and pleasure. Riches are represented by three well-dressed men on the left offering her treasure, including an open chest filled with coins and valuables. Power is represented by a crown suspended in the cloud above, while pleasure represented on the right by two female musicians, one playing a flute and another a lute, while a third woman offers a bouquet of flowers. Above and behind the figures on the left is the ruin of a building. In the clouds on the right above the musicians, the triumph of faith over temptation is represented as the grim reaper with a scythe cutting down three kings whose crowns topple from their heads
- Alternative Title:
- Female saint worshipping a crucifix
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date of the drawing is questionable. Possibly a much later drawing, 17th-century?, On verso, in unknown (possibly W.S. Lewis's) hand: "A Flemish drawing of a female saint worshipping a crucifix.", On verso: "Probably not Horace Walpole's. W.S. Lewis 7 Feb. '73.", On verso: "'Late 15th or early 16th century. Probably Dutch. Anne-Marie Logan, BAC, Sept. 30, 1996.", Lower right corner of image, ownership stamp initial 'D' encircled., Numbered on mount in upper right corner in ink '83' and in a different hand in pencil '63'., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Drawings collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380
- Subject (Topic):
- In art, Grim Reaper (Symbolic character), Crucifixes, Musicians, Prayer, Saints, Temptation, and Wealth
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Temptation of Saint Catherine of Siena] [art original].