Oil painting on canvas showing a Cure at London following prayer at Rome by an Italian painter
- Made:
- 1896
Oil painting on canvas showing a Cure at London following prayer at Rome by an Italian painter, 1896
Paintings like these are known as an ‘ex votos’, meaning ‘from a vow’ in Latin. Left in a church in gratitude for answered prayers, each tells a story of a cure or delivery from disaster through the intervention of the Virgin Mary or another Christian saint.
The tradition, which continues to this day, is developed from Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman practices of offering gifts to the gods.
Details
- Category:
- Art
- Object Number:
- L2019-010
- Materials:
- canvas (textile) and oil paint
- Measurements:
-
overall: 222 mm x 282 mm x 20 mm, .2 kg
- type:
- painting
