18th and 19th-century Andean churches. The Pamplin Collection has recently added a number of sacramental pieces from South America, including these shown here. The “box” is gesso-on-wood carved altar pieces, often found in many 18th and 19th-century Andean churches.
Category: Religion
The Crucifixion
by Peieter Porbus (Flemish, 1523-1584). Porbus (or Pourbus) was a Dutch Flemish painter, sculptor, and cartographer, best known for his religious portraits. He worked primarily in Bruges where his paintings are housed in the Groeninge Museum. Porbus’s paintings were greatly sought after by Northern European religious institutions and schools for the clarity of his vision…
Mother and Child
by Ivan Ermakov (Russian, 1875-1942). Ermakov was trained in the academic traditions of pre-Revolutionary Russian and his work revealed the national tradition of old portraiture of the Russian Empire style, focusing on historic and nostalgic themes. His painting here, of the Madonna and Child, expresses a nostalgic look during the rapidly changing world of the…
Madonna and Child
by Domenico Zampieri (or Domenichino) (Italian, 1581-1641). Domenichino was trained under Annibale Carracci and began his early work in Rome. Following a distinguished career there, he moved to Naples where he painted numerous scenes in the city’s cathedrals and churches. He was friends with Giovanni Battista Agucchi with whom he collaborated on a Treatise on…
Sunday Morning
by Martha Walter (American, 1875-1976). An American impressionist painter, Walter studied in Philadelphia and Europe, ultimately returning to teach at William Chase’s New York School of Art. She was a master at capturing small-town imagery and local landscapes filled with rich colors and light.
Madonna and Child, with Two Angels
by Frans Francken, the Younger (Flemish, 1581-1642). Francken was a versatile painter and the best-known member of a large family of artists. He played a prominent role in the development of Flemish art in the first half of the 17th century. He was particularly skilled at introducing new subject matter and allegorical works. Greatly skilled…
Walking Home from Church
by Anthony Thieme (American 1888-1954). Thieme was a highly regarded landscape and marine painter and a prominent figure in the Rockport (Maine) School of American regional art. Born and schooled in Europe, he moved to the United States in 1910. Continuing his education in the U.S. and Europe, he traveled widely and settled in Rockport,…
Young Girl Praying With Her Mother,
by Lawrence Wilbur (American, 1897-1988). Wilbur was born in Whitman, MA. He moved to California to work in the engraving department of the Los Angeles Times. In 1925 he relocated to New York City and enrolled in the Grand Central Art School where he studied under Harvey Dunn, N.C. Wyeth and Pruett Carter. In 1957…
Two pen and ink religious scenes
by Girolamo Bonini (Italian, 1620-1680). Christ Giving Communion to the Apostles at the Last Supper. Lucas Medicus, Salutat Vos. Bonini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna. He was the pupil of the painter Francesco Albani and part of a team of painters who decorated the Sala Farnese of the…
Freedom of Worship
by Norman Rockwell (American, 1884-1978). Rockwell was perhaps America’s greatest illustrator, whose evocative scenes of American life graced thousands of magazines and books. Here is a numbered print of a series titled the Four Freedoms. These were created during the Second World War to inspire confidence and patriotism in the country. The Four Freedoms included…