Antonio Balestra was born in Verona but was mainly active in Venice. He is best known as a teacher of Tiepolo. This oil sketch on paper is a preliminary study for The Glorification of St Oswald in the Venetian church of San Stae (St Eustatius). Related drawings can be found in the British Museum and the museums of Stockholm and Milan. St Oswald was king of Northumbria in the seventh century. After converting to Christianity, he founded the monastery of Lindisfarne, which played an important role in the spread of the Christian faith. Because he was killed during the struggle against the last ‘pagan’ kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons, he was venerated as a saint after his death. Scottish monks later introduced the cult of Saint Oswald to the Alps and to northern Italy.
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Antonio Balestra
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| Title | The Exaltation of Saint Oswald |
| Period |
17th century
18th century |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1914-II |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Scribe, Fernand Ghent 1913 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-II |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/758/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11G
angels
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11H saints Iconclass 11H(OSWALD) Oswald, king of Northumbria and martyr; possible attributes: pyx (or cup), raven with a ring in its beak Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 48(+411) modelli Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 153) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 51 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Ghent : The Collection (exhibition opened on March 21th 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2021 |
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