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The Vision of the Blessed Hermann Joseph

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Original –The painting was commissioned from van Dyck by the Sodality of Our Lady in Antwerp, where van Dyk lived a while. The painting shows one of his mystical experiences, encountering Mary

Reason

Good scan, one of Anthony van Dycks rather well known religious painting. St. Hermann Joseph, (1150 - 1241) was a German Premonstratensian mystic. He was actually not formally canonized, not until in 1958, when he finally did became a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, a bit late... (recognized by Pope Pius XII).

Articles in which this image appears

The Vision of the Blessed Hermann Joseph, Hermann Joseph, List of paintings by Anthony van Dyck

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Anthony van Dyck

• Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 16:00, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
• Support – DreamSparrow ^Chat 18:33, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
• Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:45, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
• Support – has EV with its own article, and good quality sst✈ 07:38, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
• Support – Vesuvius Dogg (talk) 18:47, 10 January 2016 (UTC)

Promoted File:Anton van Dyck - The Vision of the Blessed Hermann Joseph - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:44, 11 January 2016 (UTC)