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The Mass of Saint Basil 1746

by Pierre Subleyras

The painting depicts Saint Basil the Great (ca. 330–379) saying mass in the presence of the Emperor Valens, a heretical Arian. Surrounded by priests, Basil receives the wine for consecration. Valens's required gifts of bread are presented by figures at the left while to the right the emperor swoons, moved by the solemnity of the mass. This is a highly finished proposal, or...

Credit:: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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