Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 17104
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Miligi , Giuseppe.
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  • Title: Il pittore e la clarissa [Eustocha of Messina had ties to the Observant wing of the Franciscan Order. The painter Antonello da Messina lived in Messina at the same time and also had Franciscan ties. Pictures of Eustochia have their own iconography, but some also believe Antonello used her as a model for his Madonnas. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Francescanesimo al femminile: Chiara d'Assisi ed Eustochia da Messina.  Edited by Giuseppe Miligi et al.  EDAS, 1994.  Pages 59 - 114.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Antonello da Messina, Painter Art History- Painting Eustochia of Messina, Franciscan Nun and Beata Franciscan Order Iconography Montevergine, Messina, Italy- Franciscan House for Women Poor Clares Order Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 15
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  • Illustrations: Twenty figures. Figure One Colantonio, "St. Jerome in his Study." Figure Two Antonello da Messina, "Salvator mundi." Figure Three Antonello da Messina, "Ecce homo." Figures Four through Eight Antonello da Messina, Madonnas. Figures Nine through Ten Antonello da Messina, Crucifixions. Figures Eleven through Twelve Antonello da Messina, Pietas. Figure Thirteen Antonello da Messina, "St. Jerome in his Study." Figure Fourteen Antonello da Messina, "Annunciation." Figure Fifteen Antonello da Messina, "St. Gregory Polyptych." Figure Sixteen Unknown artist, "Eustochia of Messina." Figure Seventeen Unknown artist, "Pieta with Instruments of the Passion." Figure Eighteen Body of St. Eustochia. Figure Nineteen Unknown artist, "Eustochia of Messina" (16th-17th century). Figure Twenty Montevergine after the 1908 earthquake.
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  • Year of Publication: 1994.
  • Language: Italian
  • ISSN/ISBN: 8878200859