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Date : between 1740 and 1750
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection (1933)
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European Painting
Painting
Area related
Italy
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The altarpiece celebrates the rosary, which is especially venerated by Dominicans because they believe that the Virgin gave it to Saint Dominic, founder of the order. Saint Dominic stands on a globe symbolizing his order's missionary work around the world, while the Christ Child holds a rosary, and Saint Hyacinth holds the Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance. The round decorations on the altar cloth depict episodes from the life of Mary and Jesus that worshippers meditate on through the sequence of the rosary beads.
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