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| Keywords: French - Saint Protasius - Walters 27282.jpg Medieval medicine offered few cures Christians focused their hopes for recovery from illness or accident on their prayers to saints to intercede for them with God Saints Cosmas and Damian Protasius and Gervasius were two pairs of twin brothers who were invoked for their healing of the sick The statues are from the hospital complex at Abbeville built between 1484 and 1492 where they may have stood in niches at the entrance to the church The vigorous modeling and realistic details- as in the variety in their facial expressions- are made more vivid by the use of color and give credibility to the saints' humanity Their size relative to the sick at their feet conveys their superhuman powers while the clerical garments lend them authority The stocky proportions are typical of French sculpture of the late 15th century According to legend Protasius and his twin brother Gervasius were martyred in Milan in the mid 2nd century They were said to be responsible for many miraculous cures and here St Protasius ministers to a humpbacked man seated at his feet between 1484 1492 Late Medieval limestone with paint cm 77 8 34 5 25 5 accession number 27 282 4541 Hôtel-Dieu Abbeville prior to 1904 from the hospital demolished in 1904 Dikran Kelekian Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 place of origin Abbeville France Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
