medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear Jim,
You wrote:
> In 17th-century Brussels, a common type of institutional painting was a
> group portrait, often with a religious scene accompanying it. It was
> the custom to paint a small cross above the heads, or on the garments,
> of individuals in the painting who had died. Many of these crosses have
> subsequently been removed, but a painting by Peter Meert of The
> Guardians of the Foundlings in Brussels under the protection of the
> Virgin and Child accompanied by St Anne (1644), in the Brussels Museum
> of the OCMW, still shows them.
Many thanks for pointing this out to me! I was not aware that this was still
common in the 17th century. A famous earlier example is Holbein's portrait of
Ulrich Schwartz and his family:
http://tinyurl.com/holbein1508
Kind regards, O.
Otfried Lieberknecht
D-40477 Duesseldorf
Klever Strasse 37
Tel. +49 (0) 172 407 6073
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