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This little panel, which is also decorated on the reverse, shows Saint Dorothy with Jesus, a toddler, carrying a basket of roses. She caries a stem of roses in bloom and bud and gazes tenderly at the boy. Saint Dorothy was martyred for her faith in the city of Caesarea (in modern-day Turkey), in the fourth century. According to legend she was mocked by a Roman scribe, named Theophilus, for claiming that in ‘Christ’s garden’ –heaven, in other words – roses always bloomed and apples were always in fruit. Cruelly, moments before her decapitation, he asked if she might then bring him some too. At these words Christ appeared as a small child, carrying a basket of fruit and flowers which he presented to the lawyer. Theophilus in turn converted to Christianity and was also eventually martyred.
Title
Saint Dorothy and the Infant Christ
Date
about 1460
Medium
Tempera and gold on wood
Measurements
H 33.3 x W 20.6 cm
Accession number
NG1682
Acquisition method
Bought, 1899
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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