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SEBASTIEN LOUIS GUILLAUME NORBLIN DE LA GOURDAINE. Sketch for the chapel of Sainte-Suzanne in the church of Saint-Roch in Paris, c.1857. Creator: Sébastien Louis Guillaume Norblin de la Gourdaine.

SEBASTIEN LOUIS GUILLAUME NORBLIN DE LA GOURDAINE. Sketch for the chapel of Sainte-Suzanne in the church of Saint-Roch in Paris, c.1857. Left: Empress Prisca with the body of St Susanna. Right: Maximus (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus) steps back at the sight of the Angel which protects Susanna. Susanna was the niece of Pope Caius, who was close to emperor Diocletian. He had given his daughter Valeria in marriage to Maximus, but as she died soon after, he chose to marry Susanna. The young Christian refused his advances and underwent martyrdom. (Esquisse pour la chapelle Sainte-Suzanne de l'église Saint-Roch : "L’impératrice Prisca ensevelissant le corps de sainte Suzanne" - "Maximien reculant à la vue de l'ange qui protège sainte Suzanne").

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SEBASTIEN LOUIS GUILLAUME NORBLIN DE LA GOURDAINE

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Sketch for the chapel of Sainte-Suzanne in the church of Saint-Roch in Paris, c.1857. Creator: Sébastien Louis Guillaume Norblin de la Gourdaine.

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Sketch for the chapel of Sainte-Suzanne in the church of Saint-Roch in Paris, c.1857. Left: Empress Prisca with the body of St Susanna. Right: Maximus (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus) steps back at the sight of the Angel which protects Susanna. Susanna was the niece of Pope Caius, who was close to emperor Diocletian. He had given his daughter Valeria in marriage to Maximus, but as she died soon after, he chose to marry Susanna. The young Christian refused his advances and underwent martyrdom. (Esquisse pour la chapelle Sainte-Suzanne de l'église Saint-Roch : "L’impératrice Prisca ensevelissant le corps de sainte Suzanne" - "Maximien reculant à la vue de l'ange qui protège sainte Suzanne").

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4813 x 3757 px | 51.7 MB

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40.8 x 31.8 cm | 16.0 x 12.5 in (300 dpi)

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19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ANGEL • CANVAS (MATERIAL) • CENTURY • CHRISTIANISM • CHRISTIANITY • CHURCH • CHURCHES • COLOR • COLOUR • COUNTRY • CRISTIANDAD • CRISTIANISMO • ECCLESIA • EMPEROR • FEMALE • FRANCE • FRENCH • GUY • INDOORS • INSIDE • INSTITUTION • INTERIOR DECORATION • INTERIOR DESIGN • INTERIOR • ITALIA • ITALY • LOCATION • MALE • MAN • MARTYR • MARTYRDOM • MEN • MUSEUM • NINETEENTH CENTURY • NORBLIN DE LA GOURDAINE • OIL PAINT • OIL PAINTING • OIL PAINTINGC PIO DI SAVOIA • OLI PAINTING • PAINTING • PARIS MUSEUMS • PEOPLE • PETIT PALAIS • PICTURE • PRISCA • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • ROMAN • ROME • ROYAL • ROYALTY • S? BASTIEN LOUIS GUILLAUME NORBLIN DE LA GOURDAINE • S? BASTIEN LOUIS GUILLAUME • S? BASTIEN LOUIS WILHELM NORBLIN • SAINT • SANTA • SANTO • SEBASTIEN LOUIS GUILLAUME NORBLIN DE LA GOURDAINE • SÉBASTIEN LOUIS GUILLAUME • SEBASTIEN LOUIS WILHE • SKETCH • SKETCHES • ST SUSANNA • WOMAN • WOMEN • XIX CENTURY