Barbara Longhi’s Saint Justina of Padua: Pagan Symbolism and Christian Martyrology
Barbara Longhi of Ravenna (1552-1638) skillfully created small devotional altarpieces depicting holy saints with their respective attributes of martyrdom, seen in Saint Agnes of Rome (c. 291-304) with an ewe, Saint Cecilia (c. 200-235) with a portable organ, Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 287-304...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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David Publishing Company
2022
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Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 10, Issue: 9, Pages: 463-499 |
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Barbara and Luca Longhi
B pagan symbolism B Christian iconography B Saint Justina of Padua B palm frond B Martyrdom |
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| Summary: | Barbara Longhi of Ravenna (1552-1638) skillfully created small devotional altarpieces depicting holy saints with their respective attributes of martyrdom, seen in Saint Agnes of Rome (c. 291-304) with an ewe, Saint Cecilia (c. 200-235) with a portable organ, Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 287-304) with a broken spiked wheel, and Saint Justina of Padua (c. 3rd century) with a small sword in her chest. For their physical sacrifice, Heaven rewarded them with a palm frond as an honorific spiritual gift. Barbara included some of these saints in her paintings on the theme of holy conversation (sacra conversazione; a religious gathering with the Madonna and Child) and depicted the female saints as a single panel—solo image—for private devotion or supplicatory assistance. Most of the biographies and historicity about the lives of these saints are recounted by Jacobus de Voragine (1222-1298), Archbishop of Genoa, in his Golden Legend (Legenda Aurea, 1275). This essay only comments on the iconography of one of Barbara’s female saints, Saint Justina of Padua. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-2177 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cultural and religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17265/2328-2177/2022.09.001 |