Saint Limbania the Virgin and Sympathetic Wild Animals
Fray Miguel de Herrera, Mexican, born 1696, active c. 1725 - c. 1780
Geography:
Made in Mexico, North and Central America
Date:
1725Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
43 × 66 1/8 inches (109.2 × 168 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
1903-906Credit Line:
The Dr. Robert H. Lamborn Collection, 1903
Made in Mexico, North and Central America
Date:
1725Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
43 × 66 1/8 inches (109.2 × 168 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 282, European Art 1500-1850, second floor
Accession Number:1903-906Credit Line:
The Dr. Robert H. Lamborn Collection, 1903
Label:
Saint Limbania was a thirteenth-century saint born in Cyprus. She fled to Genoa when her parents tried to have her married. There she came to live as a chaste recluse in a cave under the kitchen of the monastery of Saint Thomas. She is shown here surrounded by wild animals, tribute to her gentleness. The artist, Miguel de Herrera, was an Augustinian friar who worked for a number of convents and monasteries in the area around Puebla, Mexico.
Saint Limbania was a thirteenth-century saint born in Cyprus. She fled to Genoa when her parents tried to have her married. There she came to live as a chaste recluse in a cave under the kitchen of the monastery of Saint Thomas. She is shown here surrounded by wild animals, tribute to her gentleness. The artist, Miguel de Herrera, was an Augustinian friar who worked for a number of convents and monasteries in the area around Puebla, Mexico.
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