Saint Ambrose
Francisco de Goya · c. 1796–99 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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This work belongs to a series depicting Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory, key figures of early Catholicism. Saint Ambrose (about AD 340–391), the bishop of Milan, resolved important theological conflicts within the church and worked effectively with advocates of Roman paganism. The low viewpoint and large scale suggest that this painting hung high on the wall of a religious institution, but its original location remains unknown. In the late 1700s, Spain expelled all the Jesuits and sparked a transformation of the church. Many of these reformers turned back to early church history for inspiration, and this painting was probably commissioned by one of these new organizations.
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- Maker
- Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828)
- Date
- c. 1796–99
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 148.7 x 225.3 x 10.3 cm (58 9/16 x 88 11/16 x 4 1/16 in.); Unframed: 190 x 113 cm (74 13/16 x 44 1/2 in.)
- Place of origin
- Spain
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · On view · 201 Neoclassical Painting & Sculpture
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
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