Sisters of Charity

Painting

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Sisters of Charity

Entry/Object ID

2000.02

Description

Mary Magdalene Fontaine, Mary Frances Lanel, Theresa Magdalene Fantou, and Jean Gerard were Daughters of Charity who were martyred during the French Revolution at Cambrai on June 26, 1794. They were beatified by Pope Pius XI on June 13, 1920. This painting hung in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome during the beatification ceremony.

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 19th century

Ethnography

Notes

United States North America, United States

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

PAINTINGS

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Whole

Width

137.16 cm

Length

289.56 cm

Dimension Description

Frame

Dimension Notes

Size: 123.5x63.5x2