Ceiling design: The Virgin Mary Handing a Rosary to a Nun, 1701 – 1800

Title

Ceiling design: The Virgin Mary Handing a Rosary to a Nun

Painter

• Italian Master 18th century

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Canvas

Material

• canvas

Technique

• oil

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1941

Genre

• devotional image
• depiction of a saint
• sketch

Main Motif

• Mary
• woman
• man
• angel
• group of people

Persons Shown

• Mary

Primary

• 11P31522(+2) nun(s) (+ Mary)
• 11Q22(+2) aids for prayer, e.g. rosary (+ Mary)
• 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure
• 31AA233 kneeling figure - AA - female human figure
• 11P31522(+31) nun(s) (+ angels floating in the air)

Secondary

• 31F11 death's head, skull (symbol of Death)