Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Santa Maria Antiqua; Niche with St. Anne, the Virgin, St. Elizabeth and Their Infants
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Santa Maria Antiqua; Niche with St. Anne, the Virgin, St. Elizabeth and Their Infants
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Image View:
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Raking view in niche outside of the Chapel of the Physicians
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Creator:
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reign of Pope Paul I (Italian ruler, 700-767); unknown (Italian painter)
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Location:
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repository: Santa Maria Antiqua (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Palantine Hill, Roman Forum; Via di S. Teodoro, 1
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GPS:
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+41.891+12.485583
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Date:
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757-767 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Byzantine; Early Christian; eighth century (dates CE)
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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pigment on plaster (fresco)
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Subjects:
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saints; Anne (Mother of the Virgin Mary), Saint; Elizabeth (Mother of John the Baptist), Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; mother and child
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Description:
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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.orthodoxartsjournal.org)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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6A2-I-R-RF-SMA-NWEV-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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