Renunciation by Philip Hermogenes Calderon Antique Print Picture 1910 #10

Description: St Elizabeth of Hungary's Great Act of Renunciation by Philip Hermogenes Calderon Antique Print 1910A colour print from a disbound art book from 1910. The reverse side is blank. Suitable for framing, the actual picture size is approx 10" x 7.125" or 25.5 cm x 18 cm printed on textured paper and one side mounted to heavyweight textured paper which forms a border. Page size including border mount approx 11.625" x 9" This is an antique print from 1910 not a modern copy and does show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print including foxing or marks on the surrounding mount. Please view the scans as they form part of the description. All pictures will be sent bagged and in a board backed envelope for protection in transit. While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item. Text taken from the opposite page. Please note this cannot be supplied with the print. Any spelling errors are due to the OCR program used. RENUNCIATION By P. H. CALDERON, R.A. (1833-1898) IN THE TATE GALLERY, LONDON The story of the medieval Saint Elizabeth of Hungary provided the painter with the theme for this picture. It was, indeed, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1 89 1, with the title "St. Elizabeth of Hungary's Great Act of Renunciation," and the catalogue contained a summary of the account of the incident as narrated by Dietrich, the earliest writer upon the life of the Saint. It was upon the work of this author that Charles Kingsley based " The Saint's Tragedy," in which he retold the story of the Princess-Saint—her purity, devotion, charity and love. The incident illustrated by the artist is thus recounted by Dietrich On Good Friday, when the altars were exhibited bare in remembrance of the Saviour who hung bare on the cross for us, she went into a certain chapel, and in the presence of Master Conrad, and certain Franciscan brothers, laying her holy hands on the bare altar, renounced her own will, her parents, children, relations, and all pomps of this kind, in imitation of Christ ; and stripped herself utterly naked to follow Him naked, in the steps of poverty." Kingsley, of course, enlarges upon this in his drama ; and in Act iv., i., gives a thrilling translation of the scene in the chapel. Elizabeth, under the influence of Conrad of Marburg, the Popes Commissioner, makes her great renunciation in the following impassioned words "All worldly goods and wealth which once I loved I now do count but dross: and my beloved— The children of my womb, I now regard As if they were another's : God is my witness My pride is to despise myself; my joy All insults, sneers, and slanders of mankind; No creature now I love, but God a!one. Oh to be clear, clear, clear, of all but Him Lo, here I strip me of all earthly helps— (Tearing aff her clothes) Naked, and barefoot, through the world to follow My naked Lord."

Price: 3.49 GBP

Location: Dereham

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