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St. Dominic and the Devil
Pietro della Vecchiaabout 1630
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Indianapolis, United States
Details
- Title: St. Dominic and the Devil
- Creator Lifespan: 1603 - 1678
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Date Created: about 1630
- Type: oil paintings
- Rights: James E. Roberts Fund
- External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/1963
- Medium: oil on canvas
- wall label: The story of the Devil's appearance to St. Dominic in the form of a monkey derives from a medieval legend, according to which the saint seized his tormentor and forced him to hold a lighted candle while he studied. St. Dominic released him only after the candle burned down and singed his fingers. This candle-illuminated scene is inspired by a famous lost masterpiece of antiquity. Antiphilus of Alexandria's Boy Blowing on a Fire was renowned for its beautifully rendered effects of firelight.ÿ Pietro della Vecchia's painting makes deliberate reference to it and to his own celebrated ability to imitate earlier masters.
- measurements: 27 1/16 x 40 1/8 in.
- Artist: Pietro della Vecchia
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