Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari: devils flee the temple of Artemis at Myra as he orders the destruction of her statue. Engraving by G. Massi after G.B. Calandrucci.
- Calandrucci, Giovanni Battista, -1749.
- Date:
- 1700-1799
- Reference:
- 6698i
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Usually depicted as a bishop, since he was bishop of Myra in Asia Minor. His relics were transferred to Bari in Italy in 1087. His body was believed to secrete a perfumed myrrh (the manna of St. Nicholas) which pilgrims to the Holy Land would collect in leaden flasks before leaving Italy. As a result, he was the patron saint of guilds of perfumers, apothecaries and spicers. Other legends associated with his name led to his reputation as "Father Christmas"
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1700-1799
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Daemonia auffugiunt, Nicolae, fremuntque minantur, / Per te dum Triviae templa superba cadunt. Io. B. Calandrucci inv. et del. Caspar Massi f.
References note
Carl Friedrich von Heinecken, Dictionnaire des artistes, des estampes, avec une notice detaillée de leurs ouvrages gravés, Leipzig 1789, volume 3, p. 490 ("Jean Baptiste Calandrucci. Peintre et disciple de N. Provencale, v. Pascoli. Gasp. Massi a gravé d'après lui un St Nicolas, chassant les démons")
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Wellcome Collection 6698i
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