The Apotheosis of Louise de Marillac

Painting

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

The Apotheosis of Louise de Marillac

Entry/Object ID

2000.01

Description

This painting portrays the Apothesis, or heavinly glorification, of Louise de Marillac, a long collaborator, and friend of St. Vincent DePaul. They co-founded the Company of the Daughters of Charity (1633). Louise de Marillac was a pioneer in expanding the role of women in the Roman Catholic Church, as well as establishing the basis for modern social work. Louise was canonized on March 11, 1934. Pope John XXIII proclaimed her the patron saint of all Christian social workers in 1960. This painting hung in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome during her beatification ceremony on May 9, 1920

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of the West Central Province of the Daughters of Charity, St. Louis, Missouri

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown artist

Notes

Creation Date: early 20th Century

Ethnography

Notes

Unknown United States North America, United States

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

PAINTINGS

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Whole

Width

171.768 cm

Length

290.83 cm

Dimension Description

Frame

Dimension Notes

Size: 123.5x635/8