LOT 23
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Lot 23
HISPANO-FLEMISH SCHOOL (17th century)
Saint Ildephonsus Receiving a Floral Crown - circa 1617
Oil on arched wood panel
Unsigned, verso with period inscription MDCXVII
16.5 inches x 8.75 inches (42 cm x 22.5 cm) Contained in a period ebonized wood frame
Estimate:
$3,000 - 5,000
€ 2,200 - 3,700
St. Ildephonsus was abbot of the monastery SS. Cosmas and Damian at Aglia near Toledo (Spain) before succeeding his uncle, St. Eugenius, as archbishop of Toledo. Born in the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo in about 606 he is particularly associated with devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary which he encouraged with his literary creation "De Virginitate Perpetua Sanctae Mariae" (Of the Perpetual Virginity of Saint Mary). He was rewarded for this effort by the Lady herself, who it is said descended from heaven and presented him with a golden chasuble which had been specially woven in heaven. His work was extremely influential in the formulation of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. He died in 677 and his feast day is celebrated on January 23. Similar subjects to the offered lot were treated by a number of artist including Rubens, Velazquez and Juan d Valdes Leal, to name but a few.
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