List of apostolados
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An apostolado (from Spanish; lit. 'apostolate'), or apostles series,[1] is a series of individual portrait paintings of the apostles of Jesus Christ, sometimes including other figures, such as Jesus, Luke, Mary, and/or Paul.[2][3][4][5] The first potential example of an apostolado stems from a pair of portraits of the apostles James the Elder and Philip by Albrecht Dürer in 1516, which he may have intended as a full series of twelve.[6][7] In Spain, apostolados are a prevalent genre of art of the apostles,[8] being popularized by Greco-Spanish painter El Greco[9] and leading to other renowned artists of the genre such as Francisco de Zurbarán,[10] Peter Paul Rubens,[11] and Anthony van Dyck.[12] Images of saints, and therefore the apostles, became popular in Catholic Europe during the Renaissance as a result of the Counter-Reformation, which in turn derived from a heavy emphasis of the Catholic doctrine of intercession of saints and opposition to Protestant iconoclasm.[13][14]
Apostolados
Although the concept of the apostles in the context of Christianity generally refers to the first twelve apostles of Jesus Christ as enumerated in the Gospels[15][16] (Judas Iscariot being replaced by Matthias due to his treachery),[17] some apostolados contain portraits of other important figures in Christianity, such as Jesus, Paul, Mary, and/or Luke.[2][3][4][5]
Notes
- ^ Dürer's two paintings were "perhaps the first separate, single paintings intended to be 'portraits' of the apostles." In addition, two other unknown apostles' portraits are mentioned.[6]
- ^ Only eight paintings were made by El Greco and his workshop in the parish church of Almadrones, Guadalajara Province. At first it was believed that a ninth portrait, that of John, was also a part of the series, however this was later proven false.[18]
- ^ The series was painted by Rubens around 1612 for a commission by Francisco de Sandoval y Rojas, 1st Duke of Lerma. The series originally included Jesus and Paul, but not Matthias. The painting of Jesus has since been lost.[36]
- ^ The series receives its name from Julius Böhler, a German art dealer who acquired the series around 1914. Originally composed of 13 pieces, they were later scattered after the subsequent sales of Böhler.[37][38]
- ^ According to art historian Otto Benesch, Rembrandt created an unfinished and loosely-conceived series of the apostles, evangelists, Mary, and Jesus during 1661, of which seven were identified.[59] However, F. Grossman of The Burlington Magazine wrote that it was "rather doubtful whether these paintings were conceived as a complete set".[60]
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- ^ a b Ponce, Museo de Arte de (2012). Del Greco a Goya: obras maestras del Museo del Prado (in Spanish). Museo de Arte de Ponce. p. 114.
- ^ a b Hardwick, Michael R. (2015-05-11). La Purisíma Concepción: The Enduring History of a California Mission. Arcadia Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-62585-523-7.
- ^ a b c Urbach, Susan (1983). "Preliminary Remarks on the Sources of the Apostle Series of Rubens and van Dyck". RACAR: Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review. 10 (1): 5–22. doi:10.7202/1074636ar. ISSN 0315-9906.
- ^ a b Bailey, Martin (1995). Dürer. Internet Archive. London: Phaidon Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-7148-3334-7.
- ^ Banner, LisaA (2017-07-05). "The Religious Patronage of the Duke of Lerma, 1598?621 ". Routledge. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-351-54109-1.
- ^ Long, Rebecca J. (2020-03-17). El Greco: Ambition and Defiance. Yale University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-300-25082-4.
- ^ Baticle, Jeannine; Zurbarán, Francisco de; Bottineau, Yves (1987). Zurbarán: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 22 - Dec. 13, 1987 ; Galeries Nationales Du Grand Palais, Paris, Jan. 14 - April 11, 1988. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-87099-502-6.
- ^ Szpila, Kathleen H. (1991). Ruben's Apostolado Lerma: continuity and innovation in a northern tradition.
- ^ Lammertse, Friso (2002). "Van Dyck's Apostles Series, Hendrick Uylenburgh and Sigismund III". The Burlington Magazine. 144 (1188): 140–146. ISSN 0007-6287. JSTOR 889357.
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- ^ Gudiol, José (1982). Doménikos Theotokópoulos : El Greco, 1541-1614. Internet Archive. Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafa. p. 360. ISBN 978-84-343-0031-6.
- ^ "The Apostle St. Andrew | LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
- ^ "El Greco: 400 Years After: The Apostolate of the Museo del Greco in Toledo: One of El Greco's Greatest Series, Part 5". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Simón". Museo del Greco. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Tomás". Museo del Greco. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Pablo". Museo del Greco. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Felipe". Museo del Greco. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Santiago Menor". Museo del Greco. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Pedro". Museo del Greco. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Salvador". Museo del Greco. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Judas". Museo del Greco. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Juan". Museo del Greco. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Santiago Mayor". Museo del Greco. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Mateo". Museo del Greco. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Andrés". Museo del Greco. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Bartolomé". Museo del Greco. Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte de España. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
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- ^ "San Felipe". Museo del Prado. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "San Pedro". Museo del Prado. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "San Pablo". Museo del Prado. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "San Andrés". Museo del Prado. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "Santiago el Mayor". Museo del Prado. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "El Salvador". Museo del Prado. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "Santiago el Menor". Museo del Prado. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
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Valentiner considered it [the painting of Christ] the 'center figure' of a supposed series of four three-quarter-length evangelists, including the Louvre St. Matthew.