Cleavers, poison and snakes | How to spot saints in paintings | National Gallery
Cleavers, poison and snakes, oh my! But what do they have to do with saints?
Ed Dickenson from our Learning team shows us how to recognise saints in paintings.
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As the National Gallery has a lot of Christian devotional paintings, you’ll find a lot of saints. Edward Dickenson, one of the Gallery’s educators, explains how to identify and recognise saints by their attributes, which range from wonderful to gruesome.
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Paintings mentioned
Saint Jerome, Guido Reni NG11
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Saint George and the Dragon, Paolo Uccello NG6294 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/paolo-uccello-saint-george-and-the-dragon
Saint George and the Dragon, Jacopo Tintoretto NG16 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/paolo-uccello-saint-george-and-the-dragon
Saint George and the Dragon, Gustave Moreau NG6436 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/gustave-moreau-saint-george-and-the-dragon
Saint Michael, Carlo Crivelli NG788.11 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/carlo-crivelli-saint-michael
Saint Michael Triumphs Over The Devil, Bartholome Bermejo NG6553 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/bartolome-bermejo-saint-michael-triumphs-over-the-devil
Saint Francis of Assissi with Angels, Sandro Botticelli NG598 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/sandro-botticelli-saint-francis-of-assisi-with-angels
Saint Veronica with the Sudarium NG687
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Saint John the Evangelist, Hans Memling NG6275.3 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/hans-memling-saint-john-the-evangelist
Saints Genevieve and Apollonia, Lucas Cranach the Elder NG6511.1 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-saints-genevieve-and-apollonia
Saint Peter Martyr and a Bishop Saint, Giovanni Martino Spanzotti NG1200 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/giovanni-martino-spanzotti-saint-peter-martyr-and-a-bishop-saint-saint-evasio
Adoring Saints: Right Main Tier Panel, Lorenzo Monaco NG216 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lorenzo-monaco-adoring-saints-right-main-tier-panel
Saints Peter and Dorothy NG707 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/master-of-the-saint-bartholomew-altarpiece-saints-peter-and-dorothy
Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Artemisia Gentileschi NG6671 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/artemisia-gentileschi-self-portrait-as-saint-catherine-of-alexandria
Saint Catherine of Alexandria with a Donor, Pintoricchio NG693 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/pintoricchio-saint-catherine-of-alexandria-with-a-donor
Saint Lucy, Carlo Crivelli NG788.12 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/carlo-crivelli-saint-lucy
The Infant Saint John with the Lamb, Bartolome Esteban Murillo NG 176 ❤️情人节美甲💅教程#20nails://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/bartolome-esteban-murillo-the-infant-saint-john-with-the-lamb
Saint John the Baptist, Carlo Crivelli NG788.2 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/carlo-crivelli-saint-john-the-baptist
Salome recieves the Head of John the Baptist, Michaelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio NG6389 https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/michelangelo-merisi-da-caravaggio-salome-receives-the-head-of-john-the-baptist
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