Sacra Conversazione 2000 with six saints Padre Pio, St. Pio of Pietrelcina Among the lower tier figures, in the right-hand corner is Padre Pio clasping a lamb accompanied by Saint Francis and Maximilian Kolbe, canonised as Saint Maximilian Kolbe, October 1982 by Pope John Paul II. on the left are Saint Sebastian, Saint George holding a shield in which the artist has included a self-portrait and Saint Roch, saints invoked in vision of the Virgin holding a rosary of white roses and Archangel Michael carrying the body of Christ on a shield.
SACRED CONVERSATION 2000 2000 Dimensions: x on canvas André Durand painted Sacra Conversazione 2000 to commemorate the beatification of Padre Pio, St. Pio of Pietrelcina (25 May 1887 – 23 September 1968). Among the lower tier figures, in the right-hand corner is the prayerful Capuchin priest clasping a lamb accompanied by Saint Francis and Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, canonized as Saint Maximilian Kolbe on 10 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II, who declared him the The Patron Saint of Our Difficult Century. In the left corner are Saint Sebastian, Saint George holding a shield in which the artist has included a self-portrait and Saint Roch with his faithful hound, saints traditionally invoked in times of pelican symbol in Christian iconography signifies the Passion of Jesus and of the Eucharist. According to legend, in a time of famine a mother pelican would draw blood from her own chest and give the blood to her chicks. Sacred Conversation 2000 on display Church of the Immaculate Conception Farm Street, Mayfair, London In the lunette the archangel Michael raises the body of Christ on his shield. The Virgin Mary, holding a rosary of white roses presides over Durand’s composition, unifying the upper and lower tiers. A secondary scene of the Annunciation can be seen in the middle distance.
Size: 2336px × 3500px
Photo credit: © André Durand / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: Yes
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