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Legends of the monastic orders as represented in the fine arts : forming the second series of sacred and legendary art (1891)

Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860, Longmans, Green, and Co · London ; New York : Longmans, Green, and Co · leaf 454

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as in some Spanish pictures. I must mention another most interesting work which relates to St. Peter Martyr. Fra Bartolomeo has introduced him into most of the large pictures painted for his Order, and has given him the usual type of head ; but in one picture he has represented him with the… … in the character of St. Peter Martyr. man who had been his spiritual director, and who by his disciples was regarded as a martyr ; and if ever the Dominicans regain their former in- fluence, who knows but that we may have this resolute adver- sary of the popes and princes of his time canonised as…

Christian saints · Christian saints in art · Monasticism and religious orders in art · Christian art and symbolism

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