Vision of Cornelius the Centurion.
 Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den, 1621-1674

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Title:Vision of Cornelius the Centurion
Notes:"A dramatic play of light and shadow can add an emotional charge to the depiction of an event. This was the great lesson that Eeckhout absorbed from his teacher Rembrandt van Rijn in the late 1630s and was still using in 1664, when he signed and dated this painting. This is especially effective for representing contact between the human and the divine-here, the appearance of an angel to the Roman centurion Cornelius (Acts of the Apostles). The angel tells him to seek out St. Peter, who will then preach to him about Christ. Eeckhout also adopted Rembrandt's use of details to engage the viewer, such as the centurion's gestures of submission to greater authority-arms crossed on the chest and his officer's ceremonial war axe laid on the ground. The cistern at the left foreshadows Cornelius's baptism by St. Peter." Walters Art Museum
Date:1664
Artist:Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den, 1621-1674
Building:Walters Art Museum
Object/Function:Painting
City/Town:Baltimore
State:MD
Country:United States

Scripture:Acts 10:1-8
Person as Subject:Cornelius (Biblical figure)
Angel (Biblical figure)
General Subject:Charity
Generosity
Prayer
Obedience
Angels
Vision

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Attribution:Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den, 1621-1674. Vision of Cornelius the Centurion, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55473 [retrieved March 28, 2024]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gerbrand_van_den_Eeckhout_-_Vision_of_Cornelius_the_Centurion_-_Walters_372492.jpg.
Record Number:55473 Last Updated: 2020-11-29 08:17:40 Record Created: 2013-01-24 13:51:49
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition