St Rosalia lived in the twelfth century and is said to have dwelled as a recluse in the caves of Monte Pellegrino near Palermo in Sicily. Here an angel has brought her before the throne of the Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus, who is presenting her with a crown of flowers. This is the moment we see depicted here. In Gaspar De Crayer’s altarpiece she is dressed in a robe of gold brocade and holds a garland of roses. The books, the lily and the skull are the only reminders of her life as a recluse. The altarpiece comes from the Jesuit church in Ypres and was originally two metres wider. After the abolishment of the Jesuit order in 1777 the work was purchased for the church of St Peter’s Abbey in Ghent by the abbot. The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna houses a painting by Anthony van Dyck with the same subject and with a similar composition, but painted fifteen years earlier. Gaspar de Crayer was one of Rubens’ most important followers in the Southern Netherlands.
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Gaspar de Crayer
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| Title | The Coronation of Saint Rosalia |
| Date | 1644 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | S-14 |
| Acquisition credit |
transfer
Gouvernement français Paris 1817 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/S-14 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6329/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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religious symbolism
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300015636 landscapes AAT |
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11D
Christ
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11D21 Christ-child (with attributes) Iconclass 11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass 11F4211 Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child in front of her, standing in her lap (or in front of her bosom) Iconclass 11G23(+2) angels crowning and/or bringing palm-branches (+ Mary) Iconclass 11HH female saints Iconclass 11HH(ROSALIA) the virgin and hermit Rosalia of Palermo; possible attributes: crucifix, wreath of roses Iconclass 11HH(ROSALIA)34 St. Rosalia crowned with roses by the infant Christ Iconclass 11Q22 aids for prayer, e.g. rosary Iconclass 25D11 precious and semiprecious stones Iconclass 25G41(LILY) flowers: lily Iconclass 25G41(ROSE) flowers: rose Iconclass 25G4111 garland, wreath Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 31AA2352 sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31F1 symbols of Death Iconclass 31F11 death's head, skull (symbol of Death) Iconclass 41A38 balcony Iconclass 41A422 hangings and drapery Iconclass 41AA11 palace - AA - civic architecture: inside Iconclass 41D212 coat, cape Iconclass 41D265 ornamental parts of clothing Iconclass 41D2651 embroidery (ornamentation) Iconclass 41D26511 gold-thread embroidery Iconclass 41D26512 embroidery with beads Iconclass 48C145 architectural settings in paintings, sculptures, etc. Iconclass 48C16 architectural detail Iconclass 49MM32 book - MM - book open Iconclass 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Voyage pittoresque de la Flandre et du Brabant / Jean-Baptiste Descamps. - Paris : Desaint, Saillant, Pissot, Durant, 1769 (p. 268) |
| Le Livre des Jours / E. Malingié. - Gent : s.n., 1779 (p. 52) |
| Liste générale des tableaux et objets d'arts arrivés de Paris, avec l'indication des lieux où se trouvent ceux desdits objets que la commission n'a pu recueillir / Charles Piot, Lavallée,, J. Odevaere. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 329) |
| Notice des tableaux du musée de la ville de Gand, situé au local de l'académie royale de dessin, sculpture, architecture, etc. - Gand : D.J. Vanderhaeghen-Hulin, 1846 (nr. 18) |
| Le Couronnement de Sainte-Rosalie, par Gaspard de Craeyer / Louis Maeterlinck. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (nr. 36) |
| Gaspard De Craeyer, sa vie et ses oeuvres à Gand [1900] / Louis Maeterlinck. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 89) |
| Catalogue du musée de peinture de la ville de Gand, 1900 / Louis Maeterlinck. - Gand : Imprimerie Victor Van Doosselaere, 1900 (nr. 107) |
| 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. 43) |
| Gent / Jan Dhondt, Paul De Keyser. - Antwerpen : De Sikkel, 1947 (p. 309) |
| Guide du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, Orné de 52 reproductions de tableaux : Extrait du guide illustré de Gand / Jos. Casier. - Gand : Anc. Maison d'édition Vanderpoorten, 1949 (p. 21) |
| De zeventiende eeuwse schilderijen van het Jezuïetencollege te Ieper / Domien Roggen, Elisabeth Dhanens. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (jg. 12, p. 169-175) |
| De Heilige Maagd en het Kind door heiligen vereerd, een tekening door Gaspar De Crayer in het prentenkabinet te Antwerpen / Hans Vlieghe. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 228, 221) |
| Gaspar de Crayer : sa vie et ses oeuvres / Hans Vlieghe. - Bruxelles : Arcade, 1972 (p. 153, nr. A 95) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Robert Hoozee. - Brussel : Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1988 (p. 53) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent = Museum of Fine Arts Ghent / Claudie De Guillebon, Jacques Ostier, Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Parijs : Association des Amis de "Musées 2000", 1989 (p. 37 (ill.)) |
| 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. 74-75 (ill.)) |
| Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 40 (ill.)) |
| De schilderkunst der Lage Landen : Deel 1: de middeleeuwen en de zestiende eeuw ; Deel 2: De zeventiende en de achttiende eeuw ; Deel 3: De negentiende en de twintigste eeuw / Jos Koldeweij, Alexandra hermesdorf, Paul Huvenne, Hans Vlieghe, Ghislain Kieft, Christina J.A. Wansink, John Sillevis, Irene Smets, Jeroen Stumpel. - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2007 (dl. 2, p. 47 (ill. 29)) |
| Entre Rubens et Van Dyck : Gaspar de Crayer (1584-1669) (exposition Cassel, Musée de Flandre, 30.06 - 04.11.2018) / Sandrine Vézilier-Dussart, Alexis Merle du Bourg, Hans Vlieghe, Matthias Depoorter, Valentine De Beir. - Cassel : Musée départemental de Flandre (Cassel), 2018 (p. 154 (ill. detail), 166-167) |
| Wandelgids : MSK in Gent / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2022 (p. 20) |
| Walking guide : MSK in Ghent / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2022 |
| Guide de promenade : MSK à Gand / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts Gand, 2022 |
| Voyage pittoresque de la Flandre et du Brabant (extrait Gand) / Jean-Baptiste Descamps. - Paris : chez J. Grangé, 1792 |
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