Showing posts with label St Cecilia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St Cecilia. Show all posts

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Sweet Cecelia

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Edward Reginald Frampton
(American, 1872-1923)
Sweet Cecelia, 1898
Oil on canvas

I love beautiful paintings of St. Cecelia. :)

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Holy Cecilia with Lyre

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Antoon van Wely
(Dutch, 1866-1956)
Holy Cecilia with Lyre, ????
Oil on canvas

I can find barely any info on this artist, but what I've seen of his paintings have been gorgeous. This is my favorite. Everything about it is beautiful. It's so simple, but I can look at it forever and not get tired of it! I love the colors and her hands especially.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

St Cecilia

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Nicolas Poussin
(French, 1594-1665)
St Cecilia, 1627-1628
Oil on canvas

This is one of my favorite paintings of Saint Cecilia. For anyone who doesn't already know, St. Cecilia is the patron saint of music and is the subject of many paintings. She is almost always painted with some kind of musical instrument and an angel or two. Even though this painting looks fairly simple, every little detail is beautiful and the colors are gorgeous! Make sure to look at it closely! :)