Four Fathers of the Church: Pope Gregory I (the 'Great') (c.540-604) (after Maarten de Vos)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1575 - 1599
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
900 x 760 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 1430443
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Four Fathers of the Church: Pope Gregory I (the 'Great') (c.540-604), British (English) School, late 16th century. Inscribed upper left; St Gregroy surnamed the / great was pope of / Rome in the yere 596. One of three remaining panels (Saint Ambose missing) in the series of fathers of the church, after prints by Pieter Cool (ac. Antwerp 1590) after Maarten de Vos. A half-length portrait facing, head inclined slightly to the left, wearing a red surplice and papal tiara; crucifix on top of a tall wand, held in his red-gloved left hand; propped, open book on a reading desk to his left. He has an inkwell with quill, and a spectacle-case, in front of him.
Provenance
Purchased by National Trust in 1992
Credit line
Chastleton House, The Whitmore-Jones Collection (acquired by the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1991)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist after Maerten de Vos (Antwerp 1532 – Antwerp 1603), artist after Pieter Cool (fl.1575 - 1599), printmaker Joan Baptista Vrints (Antwerp 1575 - Antwerp 1611/12), engraver and publisher