Abstract
The writer suggests that a 1620 altarpiece by Guercino, generally thought to show the entry of St William Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine into a monastic order, represents a call for a crusade. He identifies the figure of the knight in the painting as an earlier St William who participated in one of the proto-crusades in 11th-century Europe, and argues that the scene shows not St William receiving the habit but St William receiving the pope's blessing before departing for a crusade.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 489-500 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - 1 Dec 2005 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts