Antique Nun

This artwork portrays a nun. On the back of this artwork there is a text.

During the Civil War Sherman’s generals were told that all religious structures were to remain unharmed as the Union army made its way through Columbia, SC. Ursuline nuns and the stu...

This beautiful and solemn watercolor on paper represents a nun of Wisdom picking up a lemon from her plant.

But, more than this, the Nuns could well impart The deepest mysteries of the healing art; Their store of herbs and simples was renowned, And held in wondering faith for miles around.

In this composition by José Felipe Abárzuza, presided over by a group of nuns wrapped in white tunics whose veils almost entirely cover their faces, an aura of mystery and spirituali...

Their novel "Soeur Philomène," first published in 1861, is a dramatic tale of a nun working in a hospital. It originated from an anecdote told during a dinner at the home of Gustave ...

Volume III (October 1894) contains fifteen illustrated plates, with essays such as 'The Headswoman' by Kenneth Grahame, 'Second Thoughts' by Arthur Moore, and 'The Ballad of a Nun' b...

Die Konkretion des Kopfes kulminiert aber nun gerade in der den Blick immer wieder auf sich ziehenden verschatteten Augenpartie und damit in dem, was nicht sichtbar ist.

Monasteries with celibate monks and nuns, along with the practice of reincarnated spiritual leaders, are later adaptations.

Zugleich wird die neu gewonnene Schärfe aber durch den nun verwendeten warmen Braunton erneut atmosphärisch aufgeladen, wozu auch die beinahe gänzlich vom dargestellten Gegenstand ge...

Im Vergleich zum Zustand davor weist der dort helle Hintergrund nun einen dunklen Bereich auf, vor dem sich das Antlitz des Dargestellten abhebt, wobei sich der dunkle Fond seinersei...

Durch seine ausdauernde Konzentration hat er die Landschaft künstlerisch immer wieder neu erschlossen und Werke geschaffen, die den Betrachter stets von Neuem in ihren Bann schlagen....

In our painting, both secular and religious figures appear (including a monk and a nun), all responding to the saint’s sermon with gestures of astonishment.