anonymous
Leven van de heilige Dominicus
May one see it?
Unknown
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
In the museum's own words — in Dutch
De heilige Dominicus staand met een lelie en een boek. Rondom deze voorstelling vijftien kleinere voorstellingen met scènes uit het leven van Dominicus. Wapenschild midden onder.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-38.727
What it shows
Innocentius IIIThe vision of St. Dominic's mother: she dreams she gives birth to a black and white dog with a flaming torch in its mouthSt. Dominic, surrounded by the Albigense heretics, throws his book into the fire but it leaps out intact, while the heretical books are consumed by the fireThe dream of pope Innocent III: he sees the Lateran Church toppling, and St. Dominic holding it up with his handsAt supper St. Dominic and some friars are served with bread by two angelsDominic(us) Guzman of Calerueja, founder of the Order of Preachers (or Dominican (Black) FriarsPossible attributes: book, dog with flaming torch, lily, loaf of bread, rosary, star
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
