le-desir-de-lautre: Legend of Saint Ladislas (from the Anjou Legendarium)1330sTempera on parchment, 283 x 215 mm, Biblioteca Apostolica, Vatican
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ghostribbons: scarymansion: Adolphe La Lyre, Sainte Cécile, 1896. what is more piteous than a naked corpse
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janiesimpressions: Edgar Maxence, St. Thérèse de Lisieux (detail), 1931 she has the vacant eyes of a fanatic
30th Apr 2013✧11:4533 notes
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dutch-and-flemish-painters: signorcasaubon: Workshop of Joachim Patinir - Saint Jerome in a Rocky Landscape; National Gallery, London, England; c.1515 - 1524 Joachim Patinir, also called Patenier(c. 1480 – 5 October 1524), was a Flemish Northern Renaissance history and landscape painter from the area of modern Wallonia. He was probably the uncle of Herri met de Bles, his follower in establishing a distinct style of panoramic northern Renaissance landscapes.
26th Apr 2013✧14:45125 notes
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artinframes: Hans Thoma: Saint George
11th Apr 2013✧15:3048 notes
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finethankyouandyou: Fra Angelico (c. 1400-55) Coronation of the Virgin (detail) c. 1434-1345. Tempera on panel 213 cm × 211 cm (84 in × 83 in) Musée du Louvre, Paris
3rd Apr 2013✧12:07239 notes
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like-distant-thunder: themagicfarawayttree: Marianne Stokes~ St Elizabeth of Hungary Spinning for the Poor, 1895 Saints! Spinning saints! her hair! her dress! perfection
14th Mar 2013✧15:50211 notes
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foreverinbloom: artdetails: Carlo Crivelli,  Altar Triptych, right panel: St. Peter Martyr and St. Venetianus of Camerino (detail) didn’t your mama ever tell you use both hands when carrying important items like, idk, entire medieval towns?? just because the city is fortified doesn’t mean it’ll survive a five foot drop
6th Mar 2013✧14:22665 notes
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diagnosednostalgia: Ambrogio BergognoneDetail from Saint Peter Martyr and Kneeling Donor, c. 1490
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