Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Santa Maria Antiqua; Niche with St. Anne, the Virgin, St. Elizabeth and Their Infants
Image View:
Overall view, St. Anne, Virgin Mary, and St. Elizabeth with their infant children; niche outside of the Chapel of the Physicians
Creator:
reign of Pope Paul I (Italian ruler, 700-767); unknown (Italian painter)
Location:
repository: Santa Maria Antiqua (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Palantine Hill, Roman Forum; Via di S. Teodoro, 1
GPS:
41.891 12.485583
Date:
757-767 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Byzantine; Early Christian; eighth century (dates CE)
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster (fresco)
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects:
saints; Anne (Mother of the Virgin Mary), Saint; Elizabeth (Mother of John the Baptist), Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; mother and child
Description:
Santa Maria Antiqua became a "diakonia", a place where material aid and spiritual assistance was given. It also became the focus for a "healing" ministry with the Chapel to the left of the Presbytery that was dedicated to the Medical Saints primarily focused on Saints Cyrus and John. There is also evidence of some form of ministry to women and those experiencing fertility problems with the area outside the Chapel of the Physicians having images of the Three Holy Mothers; St. Anna (Anne) and the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) and the Christ Child and St. Elizabeth and St. John the Baptist. (Source: Orthodox Arts Journal [website]; https://www.orthodox artsjournal.org)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
6A2-I-R-RF-SMA-NWEV- A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Santa Maria Antiqua; Niche with St. Anne, the Virgin, St. Elizabeth and Their Infants