The Savior, His Saints and Martyrs

AT THE HAGGERTY

The Savior, His Saints and Martyrs
August 31 – December 31, 2011

This exhibition of small-scale portraits of Christ, saints and martyrs by artists from the sixteenth through the eighteenth century celebrates the lives of those identified by the Roman Catholic Church as saintly. By the fourth century, specific individuals, like Jerome, who translated the Old Testament from Hebrew into Latin, were recognized for their extraordinary contributions to the Church. They continue to be known for holiness, great deeds, or commendable behavior as teachers, intercessors, or ascetics. Two such included in the exhibition are Mary Magdalene and the Blessed Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Sorrows. Also represented are select religious figures from Saint John of Patmos to Saint Bruno, who refused to become the archbishop of Calabria in southern Italy in order to live a life of quiet contemplation. Many Catholic saints, but not all, were also martyrs. Persecuted and then put to death for their beliefs, the martyrs depicted here include Saint Peter and Saint Stephen, who was stoned to death for blasphemy.

Work in the exhibition
These are some of the pieces of artwork displayed in the exhibit.

1. Unknown Artist
Flemish, 16th century
Portrait of Christ
Oil on copper
4 7/8 x 4"
98.23
Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Lerch

2. After Charles Le Brun
French, 18th century
Deposition of Christ
Oil on canvas
19 1/2 x 11 5/8"
76.60
Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art
Gift of Dr. John M. Gules

3. Leonaert Bramer
Dutch, 1596-1674
The Denial of Saint Peter, ca. 1625
Oil on slate
13 x 20"
2007.1
Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Treul

4. Circle of Francesco Solimena
Italian, 1657-1747
St. Bruno Refusing the Archbishopric
Oil on canvas
18 3/8 x 14 1/8"
73.16
Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John E. Cordes

5. Unknown Artist
Dutch, 17th century
Saint Jerome
Oil on panel
9 1/4 x 8 1/8"
64.33
Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art
Gift of Mrs. William P. Hayes

6. Fr. Pedro Bedon
Ecuadorian, ca. 1556-1621
La Dolorosa (Our Lady of Sorrows)
Oil on canvas
11 3/8 x 9"
66.10
Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art
Gift of Dr. Miguel Valverde Ramis

7. Unknown Artist
Spanish, 17th century
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Oil on copper
7 5/8 x 5 1/2"
94.10
Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art
Gift of the Marquette Jesuit Community

8. Unknown Artist
Belgian, 16th-17th century
Revelations of St. John of Patmos
Oil on panel
12 5/8 x 8 7/8"
82.3
Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eckhart G. Grohmann

9. Adam van Noort
Flemish, 1562-1641
The Stoning of St. Stephen
Oil on panel
16 3/4 x 14"
86.23.1
Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eckhart G. Grohmann

10. Attributed to Hendrik van Balen the Elder
Flemish, 1575-1632
Mary Magdalene in Penitence, ca. 1630
Oil on panel
14 1/2 x 22"
61.5
Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marc B. Rojtman

11. Circle of Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish, 1577-1640
Noli Me Tangere
Oil on panel
18 x 27 3/16"
59.2
Collection of the Haggerty Museum of Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marc B. Rojtman

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