Saint Agnes by Manuel García “Hispaleto”: the image of the young female saint in nineteenth-century religious art in Spain
Taking as its starting point the little known painting Apparition of Saint Agnes to her parents by the Sevillian painter Manuel García “Hispaleto”, the article examines a series of interrelated historical complexities around gender and religion in mid-19th-century Spain, specifically with regard t...
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Museo Nacional del Prado
2024-11-01
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| Series: | Boletín del Museo del Prado |
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| Online Access: | https://www.museodelprado.es/aprende/boletin/saint-agnes-by-manuel-garcia-hispaleto-the-image/3cf0f3dd-6df4-6064-8e25-d416ab048ac4 |
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| Summary: | Taking as its starting point the little known painting Apparition of Saint Agnes to her parents by the Sevillian painter Manuel
García “Hispaleto”, the article examines a series of interrelated historical complexities around gender and religion in mid-19th-century
Spain, specifically with regard to models of femininity for girls and young women. Through a thematic and formal analysis, this study
addresses the work in the context of contemporary religious, cultural and literary influences with the aim of expanding the ways in
which we can read and interpret images from that period. |
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| ISSN: | 0210-8143 2952-0630 |