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Holy Face of Jesus (or The Veil of Veronica) is a 1586–1595 painting by El Greco of the Holy Face of Jesus on a veil. It is now in the Museo del Prado , in Madrid , which acquired it in 1944 using funds from a legacy from the conde de Cartagena.
Further reported visions of Jesus and Mary urged Sister Maria Pierina to make a medal with the Holy Face of Jesus. This became known as the Holy Face Medal. On one side the medal bears a replica of the Holy Face image from Shroud of Turin and an inscription based on Psalm 66:2: "Illumina, Domine, vultum tuum super nos" ('May, O Lord, the light ...
Adoration of the Holy Name of Jesus is a 1577-1579 oil on canvas painting by El Greco, produced early in his Toledo period and now [when?] in exhibition at the Galerias Reales in Madrid. It is also known in modern scholarship as La Gloria , The Dream of Philip II or Allegory of the Holy League .
At the time of El Greco's death his belonging included 115 paintings, 15 sketches and 150 drawings. In 1908 Manuel B. Cossio, who regarded El Greco's style as a response to Spanish mysticism, published the first comprehensive catalogue of his works. In 1937 a highly influential study by art historian Rodolfo Pallucchini had the effect of ...
The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Hyacinth is an oil painting on canvas by El Greco, dated to between 1605 and 1610.The late-period painting shows the vision of the Virgin and Child before Saint Hyacinth of Poland on the feast day marking the Assumption.
In 1596 El Greco undertook to make the altarpiece for the church of the college, a seminary of the Augustinian order. The popular name alludes to María de Córdoba y Aragón, the patron who paid for the works, lady of Queen Anne of Austria and daughter of Don Álvaro de Córdoba, senior knight of Philip II. [1]
Jun. 5—WAPAKONETA — Four Auglaize and Shelby County Catholic parishes are merging in July. The Petersburg Parishes, which include St. Joseph Church in Wapakoneta, Immaculate Conception and St ...
Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis is a c.1600 oil on canvas painting by the artist El Greco, now in the Uffizi. John is accompanied by an eagle (bottom left) and holds a gold chalice containing his head. Both saints are barefoot. The artist's signature Dominicos Théotokopulos epoiese is on a rock in the centre.