Juan de Juanes - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:45:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Juan de Juanes - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Our Lady of the Venerable Agnesius https://historylab.es/our-lady-of-the-venerable-agnesius/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-lady-of-the-venerable-agnesius Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/virgen-del-venerable-agnesio/ History of mentalities

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]]> Juan de Juanes, a major figure of the Valencian Renaissance, was noted for his religious scenes and portraits. In this work he combines both genres. The Venerable Agnesio places the ring on Saint Agnes, in a kind of Mystical Nuptials. The centre of the picture is occupied by the Virgin and Child, surrounded by the Infant Saint John the Baptist, angels, Saints Dorothea and Theophilus. In the background, in a magnificent landscape, we can make out the figure of St George on horseback, slaying the dragon. It is a kind of Italian Sacra Conversazione, full of symbolism and great attention to detail.

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