This formal portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud presents Archbishop Charles de Saint-Albin with authoritative poise, utilizing opulent fabrics and symbols of ecclesiastical rank characteristic of the French Baroque grand manner.
Saint of the Day: January 5th About the Image: Saint John Neumann, also known as St. John Nepomucene Neumann, was a Catholic bishop in the United States. He was born in Bohemia in 1811 and later became the first male American citizen to be canonized as a saint. Neumann is...
About the Artist: Ferdinand Hodler was one of the best-known Swiss painters of the nineteenth century. His early works were portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings in a realistic style. Later, he adopted a personal form of symbolism which he called "parallelism". Hodler was born in Bern, the eldest...
Details: A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church[1], known as princes of the Church and typically holding the title for life[1]. They constitute the College of Cardinals and their most solemn responsibility is to elect a new pope[1]. Eduard von Steinle...
Details: Pope Pius VII was the head of the Catholic Church from 1800 to 1823. He was a monk of the Order of Saint Benedict and was well-known as a theologian and bishop. He was made a cardinal in 1785. Just 15 years later, he became pope. Giovanni Battista Caprara...
Details: Denis-Auguste Affre (September 27, 1793 – June 27, 1848) was a French Catholic Archbishop of Paris from 1840 until 1848. During the June Days uprising of 1848, he was assassinated while attempting to broker a peace treaty. His canonization process has begun, and he is regarded as a Servant of...
Details: This intense portrait depicts Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609), who in 1596 was named cardinal and is dressed as such here. In 1599 he became Inquisitor General of Spain but resigned in 1602 to serve the rest of his life as Archbishop of Seville. The painting probably dates...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Surrounded by a diverse array of onlookers, the Byzantine emperor Heraclius kneels and prepares to raise the holy cross. Barefoot and clad in drab robes, Heraclius has abandoned his fine clothing in order to pass through...
The style of this painting suggests that it comes from Catalonia in northeastern Spain, though the identity of its artist remains unknown. The painting represents a youthful bishop-saint identifiable by a bishop’s symbols of authority, his miter and crozier. He wears rich vestments. Below, the figure in black represents...
Isaac Lazarus Israëls (3 February 1865 – 7 October 1934) was a Dutch painter associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement. The son of Jozef Israëls, one of the most respected painters of the Hague School, and Aleida Schaap, Isaac Israëls displayed precocious artistic talent from an early age. Between 1880 and...
This small panel depicts an episode from the life of the Dominican tertiary and mystic, Saint Catherine of Siena, as described in her biography of 1385, written by her confessor, Raymond of Capua. Receiving the sacrament of Communion gave Saint Catherine visions and ecstasies that lasted hours and left her...
The Archbishop of Cambrai, Charles de Saint-Albin, was the illegitimate son of Philippe, duc d'Orléans, and a dancer at the opera. Although his father never recognized him officially, he smoothed his son's swift advance in the Church hierarchy and aided his appointment to the archbishopric of...
The painter, Ann Agnes Trail or Agnes Xavier Trail (17 February 1798 – 3 December 1872) was a British Roman Catholic nun and artist. She took a leading role in establishing St Margaret's Convent in Edinburgh. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Agnes_Trail Carlo Odescalchi, (5 March...
