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The Exaltation of Saint Oswald

  • oil paint, paper, canvas
  • 32.4 x 21.6 cm
  • Inv. 1914-II

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Antonio Balestra was born in Verona but was mainly active in Venice. He is best known as a teacher of Tiepolo. This oil sketch on paper is a preliminary study for The Glorification of St Oswald in the Venetian church of San Stae (St Eustatius). Related drawings can be found in the British Museum and the museums of Stockholm and Milan. St Oswald was king of Northumbria in the seventh century. After converting to Christianity, he founded the monastery of Lindisfarne, which played an important role in the spread of the Christian faith. Because he was killed during the struggle against the last ‘pagan’ kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons, he was venerated as a saint after his death. Scottish monks later introduced the cult of Saint Oswald to the Alps and to northern Italy.

Artist

Antonio Balestra Wikidata RKD
Verona 1666 - Verona 1740
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Title The Exaltation of Saint Oswald
Period 17th century
18th century
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1914-II
Acquisition credit bequest
Scribe, Fernand
Ghent
1913
Current whereabouts Work on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-II
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/758/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11G angels Iconclass
11H saints Iconclass
11H(OSWALD) Oswald, king of Northumbria and martyr; possible attributes: pyx (or cup), raven with a ring in its beak Iconclass
26A clouds Iconclass
48(+411) modelli Iconclass
73 New Testament Iconclass
92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Iconclass
School / Style Baroque AAT
Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 153)
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 51 (ill.))
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent : The Collection (exhibition opened on March 21th 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2021
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