Saint Damian or Saint Cosmas. Oil painting by a Spanish painter (Granada), 18th century.

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Saint Damian or Saint Cosmas. Oil painting by a Spanish painter (Granada), 18th century. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

One of a pair of paintings of the twin brothers Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian, both physicians. Each saint wears academic dress and stands in a landscape. This one was described as Saint Cosmas when acquired by Wellcome: he faces towards the viewer's left, and holds a lily in his right hand and surgical instruments (including a cautery iron) in his left hand

Physical description

1 painting : oil on wood ; sight 25 x 17.3 cm

Lettering

St Damian

Creator/production credits

Possibly by a Spanish painter of the late 18th century; formerly part of the furnishings of a pharmacy in Granada: "Bótica de la compañia del Doctor Pontes", where they were overdoors between one room and another

Reference

Wellcome Collection 44854i

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