Saint Justa (d.304)
studio of Francisco de Zurbarán (Fuente de Cantos 1598 - Madrid 1664)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1640 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1960 x 1060 mm
Place of origin
Spain
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257130
Caption
This is an example from the sets of female saints produced by Zurbaran and his studio in Seville in the early 1630s. St Justa, a Christian martyr, is usually paired with St Rufina, both patron saints of that city. They were daughters of a potter there, martyred for refusing to allow their father’s vessels to be used in the worship of Venus. They also destroyed the image of the goddess in the temple. Wearing a beautiful pale mauve, against a plain dark background typical of the series, here St Justa is holding two of the jugs. It was bought by William Bankes (1786–1855) for Kingston Lacy in Spain in 1814.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Saint Justa (d. 304), studio of Francisco de Zurbaran (Fuente de Cantos 1598 - Madrid 1664). A full-length, view, turned to right, head inclined three-quarters to spectator, she holds a jug by the handle in her right hand and holds another handled jug in her left hand and rests the jug on her right arm. She wears a pale mauve cloak over a green dress and brown apron.
Provenance
Acquired by William Bankes in Spain, circa 1814/15; bequeathed by Ralph Bankes, 1981
Credit line
Kingston Lacy, The Bankes Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
studio of Francisco de Zurbarán (Fuente de Cantos 1598 - Madrid 1664), artist
