St. Felix of Valois / Gaspar Miguel de Berrío
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2002/1.157
- Title
- St. Felix of Valois
- Artist
- Gaspar Miguel de Berrío
- Artist Nationality
- Bolivian
- Artist Life Dates
- 1706 - after 1761
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1735
- Object Creation Place
- South America (continent)
- Bolivia (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- South America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Bolivia (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Baroque
- Dimensions
- 47.6 cm x 45.7 cm (18 3/4 in. x 18 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- panel painting
- Secondary Object Classification
- Ritual Objects
- Secondary Object Type
- figure
- Physical Description
- A bearded man with a halo and wearing ecclesiastical vestments appears rapt in ecstasy in the upper third of this painting. He stands on a cloud beneath an elaborate baldachin with his eyes turned upward. A stag with a cross between its antlers lies at his feet on the figure's right while a putto sits at his left. Two more putti hover to the left and right of the man, holding a red curtain behind him. This scene is surrounded on three sides by dense painted decoration composed primarily of vegetal motifs, which is complemented by the exuberant scrolling foliage and fish scale patterns of the gilded frame. A cartouche bearing a Latin inscription identifying the standing figure is located near the bottom of the painted surface.
- Subject Matter
- St. Felix of Valois, cofounder of the Trinitarian Order in 1198, stands in religious ecstasy near the center of this painting surrounded by a riot of exuberant decoration. He is identified in the Latin inscription in the cartouche below him, an identification confirmed by the presence of the stag with a cross between its horns, which recalls a famous episode in St. Felix's life.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- descriptors
- design elements
- edging and surfacing patterns
- figure- and animal-derived motifs
- geographic and political locations
- imbrication
- mammals
- motifs
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- people and culture
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- scrollwork
- south america (continent)
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1120 x 968
- File Size
- 144 KB
- Record
- 2002/1.157
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"St. Felix of Valois; Gaspar Miguel de Berrío." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2002-sl-1.157/2002_1_157.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.