The Four Doctors of the Western Church: Saint Gregory the Great
attributed to Gerard Seghers (Antwerp 1591 – Antwerp 1651)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1650
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1143 x 1549 mm (45 x 61 in)
Place of origin
Antwerp
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257050
Caption
St Gregory, one of the Four Fathers of the Latin Church, is shown, quill in one hand, scroll in the other, composing his Moral Homilies, with inspiration from the Holy Ghost in the form of a dove. He was elected Pope in 590 and sent St Augustine of Canterbury to convert the English in 596.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Four Doctors of the Western Church: Saint Gregory the Great, attributed to Gerard Seghers (Antwerp 1591 – Antwerp 1651). Shown three-quarter length, turned left, looking upwards towards the Holy Spirit, whilst composing his Moral Homilies. Holds a quill in his right hand, and a manuscript in his left; an angel holding a staff bottom right.
Provenance
first recorded 1731 (?); bequeathed by Ralph Bankes, 1981
Credit line
Kingston Lacy, The Bankes Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to Gerard Seghers (Antwerp 1591 – Antwerp 1651), artist attributed to Abraham van Diepenbeeck ('s-Hertogenbosch 1596 - Antwerp 1675) , artist