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| Carlo Crivelli St George 1472 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Francisco de Zurbarán St Elisabeth of Portugal ca. 1635 Prado |
Fashion as depicted in European paintings often conveyed extreme states of holiness. Expensive fabrics and jewels and gold identified the blessed ones. Painters understandably loved to elaborate the connection between finery and sanctity.
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| Gaspar de Crayer St Ambrose ca. 1655 Prado |
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| Carletto Veronese Santa Águeda ca. 1590-93 Prado |
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| Luis de Carvajal St Nicolas of Tolentina 1604 Prado |
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| Paolo Veronese St Catherine of Alexandria in Prison ca. 1580-85 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Juan Ribalta St John the Evangelist ca. 1618-24 Prado |
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| Robert Campin St Barbara 1438 Prado |
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| Juan de Juanes St Stephen Accused of Blasphemy 1562 Prado |
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| Bartolomeo Montagna St Justina of Padua 1490s Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Antonio de Pereda St Angelo ca. 1667 Prado |
Severe monastic costumes and varieties of other humble dark robes could be adjusted, it was discovered, to convey the same signals of inbuilt superiority as gorgeous outward finery.
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| Juan Bautista Maíno Santo Domingo en Soriano ca. 1629 Prado |
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| Juan Bautista Maíno Santo Domingo de Guzmán ca. 1612-14 Prado |
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| Juan Bautista Maíno Santa Catalina de Siena ca. 1612-14 Prado |
I am grateful for the beautiful reproductions made available by Museo del Prado.