Saint Serapion
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Saint Serapion is a 1628 Baroque painting by Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán, depicting the martyred Mercedarian friar in a stark, devotional style.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque painting
ⓘ
painting ⓘ |
| artForm | easel painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | Spanish Golden Age painting ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| collection | Wadsworth Atheneum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette | restricted palette ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | Mercedarian order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| creator | Francisco de Zurbarán NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| depictionForm | half-length figure ⓘ |
| depictionStyle | stark devotional style ⓘ |
| depicts |
Mercedarian friar
ⓘ
Saint Serapion of Algiers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsClothing | monastic habit ⓘ |
| depictsEmotion | serenity in suffering ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | martyrdom of Saint Serapion ⓘ |
| depictsGender | male ⓘ |
| depictsOrganization | Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsReligiousOrder | Mercedarians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | religious painting ⓘ |
| hasGenre | devotional image ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bound hands
ⓘ
dark background ⓘ inscription tablet ⓘ white habit ⓘ |
| iconographicTheme |
martyr saint
ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ |
| inception | 1628 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Caravaggism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Spanish ⓘ |
| location | Hartford, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christian martyrdom
ⓘ
religious devotion ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| notableFor |
austere composition
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dramatic chiaroscuro ⓘ intense realism ⓘ |
| originalTitle | San Serapio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | 17th century art ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
minimal setting
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strong contrasts of light and shadow ⓘ |
| subjectOccupation | friar ⓘ |
| subjectReligiousOrder | Order of Mercy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Saint Serapion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Francisco de Zurbarán