2024.07.126

Catalog#: 2024.07.126

Ann Schmalsteig-Barrett
 "Death of St. Joseph, after Francesco
 Solimena, Meditation on Viaticum"
 Oil on linen panel
 24 X 20
NFS

 Description:

 Although the Council of Trent encouraged artists to focus on the canon of scripture as a source for sacred art, many of the traditions surrounding St. Joseph that originated in apocryphal writings continued to echo in Baroque paintings. An example of this is found
 in the details of Solimena’s painting of St. Joseph, patron saint of a good death. The inclusion of the heavenly kingdom in the painting emphasizes Jesus’ Divine authority while placing one’s life on earth in the larger context of the eternal reality. Owed to "master
 copy after Francesco Solimena."