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Saint Benedict Welcoming Totila, King of the Ostrogoths

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 221 x 166 cm
  • Inv. 1991-AM

Public Domain

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Artist

Antoon van den Heuvel RKD
Ghent 1600 - Ghent 1677
painters (artists)AAT

Title Saint Benedict Welcoming Totila, King of the Ostrogoths
Period 17th century
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1991-AM
Acquisition credit
onbekend
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3685/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11H(BENEDICT) Benedict of Nurcia, abbot of Monte Cassino and founder of the Benedictine Order; possible attributes: aspergillum, book, cup (sometimes broken), raven with loaf, sieve (or tray) Iconclass
11H(BENEDICT)41 Totila, king of the Ostrogoths, visits St. Benedict at Monte Cassino to receive his blessing; before getting absolution he is sternly rebuked by Benedict Iconclass
25F23(ERMINE) beasts of prey, predatory animals: ermine Iconclass
31A233 kneeling figure Iconclass
31A235 sitting figure Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass
44B113 king Iconclass
School / Style Baroque AAT
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. 107 (ill.))
Melchior de la Mars en Anton van den Heuvel, twee “zogenaamde Gentse caravaggisten” herbekeken : Stijl en concurrentie in Gent (1619-1677) / Matthias Desmet. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p.229)
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