In front of certain tympanums, statues, columns, capitals or stained glass windows of Romanesque or Gothic churches, we are sometimes unable to identify the characters represented. However, there are simple means for recognizing them:
' Holy Veronica Bernardo Strozzi (1625-30) Oil on fabric. 168 X 118 cm. Museum of Prado, Madrid.
'Saint Francis of Asisi praying' Bartolomew Esteban Murillo (1645-50) Oil on fabric. 182 X 129 cm. Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp.
Albrecht Dürer (1523) Engraving. 11,8 X 7,5 cm.
' Magdelene penitent' Guido Reni (1635) Oil on fabric. Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
' the martyrdom of Saint Etienne' Peter Paul Rubens Oil on fabric. Museum of the Art schools, Valenciennes.
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