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Preferred term

Mother of God of Monteolivete  

Synonym(s)

  • Madonna and Child (Mother of God of Monteolivete)
  • Mother of God of Monteolivet
  • Mother of God of the Mount of Olives
  • Our Lady of the Mount of Olives
  • Virgin of Monteolivete
  • Virgin of the Mount of Olives

Note

  • Specific date: 14th c.
  • Specific location: Valencia (ESP), Monteolivete (monastery), Nuestra Señora de Monteolivete (church)
  • Specific medium: painting
  • Specific note: icon; probably Italian

Scope note

  • depicts a miracle of 1320 (or 1370): a Spanish soldier held captive in Palestine, fled to the Mount of Olives, where this icon of the Virgin appeared to him over an olive tree; he brought it back to Valencia; shows the Madonna and Child, who is blessing & holding a book of law; he looks at her & puts a hand out to caress her; she looks at the viewer; similar to, but not identical to, the Hodegitria

Notation

  • 284088
  • 284089

In other languages

  • French

  • Mere de Dieu du Mont des Oliviers
  • Vierge a l'enfant (Mere de Dieu de Monteolivete)
  • Vierge de Monteolivete
  • Vierge du Mont des Oliviers

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/HTR-B0S2B357-9

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