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Saint Helena (design for wall decoration in the Mater Dei chapel of Saint Anne's Church in Ghent), 1870

  • pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper
  • 113 x 48 mm
  • Inv. 2018-DV

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Artist

Théodore-Joseph Canneel RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1817 - Ghent 1892
draftsmen (artists)AAT

Title Saint Helena (design for wall decoration in the Mater Dei chapel of Saint Anne's Church in Ghent)
Date 1870
Period 19th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings title at the right: HELENA
date bottom right: 29. 9re 1870.
Collection print room
Object type pencil drawings AAT
Inventory number 2018-DV
Acquisition credit gift by hand
Metsers, Hilaire
2018
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2018-DV
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7017/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300055874 religious symbolism AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11D12 the cross ~ symbols of Christ Iconclass
11HH female saints Iconclass
11HH(HELENA) empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great; possible attributes: model of church, (royal) crown, crown of thorns, cross, three nails Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
41D2661 necklace Iconclass
41D2666 diadem, tiara Iconclass
44BB1911 diadem (symbol of sovereignty) - BB - female ruler Iconclass
46AA1267 St. Helena (one of the nine worthiest women) Iconclass
School / Style Gothic Revival AAT
historicism (theory) AAT
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