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Saint Maximus, the second bishop of Padua, is shown here draped in an exquisite embroidered robe and with his fingertips gently pressed together. Saint Oswald, in gleaming armour, was King of Northumbria in England; he died fighting the pagan ruler of neighbouring Mercia.
A young man with a palm branch tucked into his clothing – a reference to eternal life – kneels beside Maximus and glances towards the cherubs descending from the ceiling of the loggia (open-sided gallery or room). The architecture draws our eye towards the carefully arranged group of figures set against a bright and airy background.
Title
Saints Maximus and Oswald (?)
Date
about 1745
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 58.4 x W 32.4 cm
Accession number
NG1192
Acquisition method
Bought, 1885
Work type
Painting