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Italian Renaissance 1600’s Saint Cecilia & Angel Old Master Antique Oil Painting

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Italian Renaissance 1600’s, Saint Cecilia & Angel, Old Master Antique Oil Painting. A wonderful and rare survival and fresh to market, late 16th or early 17th century Italian oil on re-lined canvas depicting St Cecilia playing an organ and attended by an angel. The haloed Saint Cecilia, her eyes raised heaven-wards with an angel at [Continue]

French 1830’s Antique Oil Painting of St Cecilia, Patroness of Music

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“Saint Cecilia, Patroness of Musicians”. Museum quality 19th century French painting on canvas depicting this beautiful representation of Saint Cecilia. (Cecilia also spelled Cecily). Virgin and martyr, is the second most popular Catholic saint and the patroness of music. Legend has it that while she was being wed, she heard beautiful music coming from heaven. [Continue]