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exhibition Details
Saints and seraphs (one of the nine different types of angels) have captured the imagination of many artists throughout history.
In times of uncertainty and death such as the plague, angels and saints provided hope, both with their stories of survival against the odds and as figures to pray to in the hope that they might intercede on behalf of the faithful.
Saints and Seraphs examines the depiction of the lives of saints and the stories of angels through European art from the sixteenth century to the present day.
- Date
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- Curated by
- Kendrah Morgan, assisted by Jane Davidson
- Location
- Main Gallery, Ground Level
- Cost
- Free entry
Related Artworks
Satan dismayed
bronze
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of James Tannock Mackelvie, 1885
Tombstone Angel
acrylic on hardboard
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Miss L D Gilmour, 1990
On display
Two Saints in Adoration
oil on canvas
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr Norman B Spencer, 1967
The Angel with the Key of the Bottomless Pit
woodcut
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1968
The Holy Family
etching
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Saint Romuald, fondateur des Camadules
etching
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Translation de Saint Augustin
etching
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
Saint Matthew and an Angel
etching
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr G M Mitford, 1883
St Carlo Borromeo in Adoration
On display
The Vision of Saint Romuald
oil on canvas
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1961. Frame sponsored by D G Kilford
Saint John The Baptist
engraving
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Saint Anastasius (based on 'A Scholar seated in a Monastery')
etching
Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Jeremiah
engraving on paper
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Ann Andrews and Robert Newton, 2002