The Triumph of Christianity over Paganism, (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

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Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 3
BYZANTINE. By the same hand. (Encaustic, g.b.g. 7 x 9.) Representing the triumph of Christianity over Paganism. Saints Dicaterina and Mercurios, whose names are given, are spearing the Roman Emperors, Julian the Apostate and Maxentius, from whose mouths issue flames. The Saviour, in the clouds above, is in the act of bLessing the saints. Engraved and described. See "Art-Studies," chap. iv, plate A, fig. 1. [P. 41; see entry 05110001 for related work.]
Descriptive Catalogue of "Old Masters," collected by James J. Jarves, to illustrate the History of Painting from A.D. 1200 to the best periods of Italian Art, and deposited in the "Institute of Fine Arts," 625 Broadway, New York. Cambridge: H.O. Houghton & Co., Riverside Press. 1860.
Artist nationality: Italian.
1876
Control number
AECI 05110003
Type
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Medium
Encaustic
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
Topic
Religion--Christianity
Allegory--Religion--Heaven
Religion--Saint--St. Dicaterina
Religion--Saint--St. Mercurio
Religion--New Testament--Christ
Ceremony--Religion--Benediction
Record ID
siris_aeci_97880
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