St Ursula Art Photos

According to legend, St Ursula, daughter of a Christian king was massacred (c450) with her 11 handmaidens (erroneously 11,000) in Cologne while on pilgrimage, when she refused to marry a pagan chieftain.
Symbols: arrow, ship, surrounded by maidens.

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Scenes from life of St Ursula painting by Second Master of Bierge at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain.Arrival of St Ursula at Cologne tempera painting by Bernardo Daddi at J. Paul Getty Museum Center. Malibu, CA.St Ursula painting by Master Jacobus at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain.St Ursula with arrow painting by Master of Nothelfer Altar of Nurnberg at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany.
Scenes from life of St Ursula painting (13thC) by Second Master of Bierge at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain.Arrival of St Ursula at Cologne tempera painting (c1330) by Bernardo Daddi at J. Paul Getty Museum Center. Malibu, CA.St Ursula painting (c1400) by Master Jacobus (?) at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain.St Ursula with arrow painting (c1430) by Master of Nothelfer Altar of Nurnberg at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany.
Saints Agnes, Margaret, Barbara, Catherine, Ursula & Dorothy over Apostles painting by Master of Tucher Altarpiece of Nurnberg at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany.Detail of Saints Catherine, Ursula & Dorothy painting by Master of Tucher Altarpiece of Nurnberg at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany.Panels telling the story of the life of St Ursula originally on the inside of lids of relic caskets at Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Köln, Germany.Scenes from the Legend of St Ursula painting at Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Köln, Germany.
Saints Agnes, Margaret, Barbara, Catherine, Ursula & Dorothy over Apostles painting (c1440) by Master of Tucher Altarpiece of Nurnberg at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany.Detail of Saints Catherine, Ursula & Dorothy painting (c1440) by Master of Tucher Altarpiece of Nurnberg at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany.Panels telling the story of the life of St Ursula originally on the inside of lids of relic caskets at Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Köln, Germany.Scenes from the Legend of St Ursula painting (c1492-96) at Wallraf-Richartz Museum. Köln, Germany.
Gold & silver ship reliquary of St Ursula by Pierre Rousseau & Henri Duzen or Raymond Guyonnet in Tau Palace Museum. Reims, France.Gold & silver ship reliquary of St Ursula by Raymond Guyonnet in Tau Palace. Reims, France.Martyrdom of St Ursula woodcarving by Master of pursed lips from Nuremberg at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany.Martyrdom of St Ursula & the Eleven Thousand Maidens painting by Peter Paul Rubens at Kimbell Art Museum. Fort Worth, TX.
Gold & silver ship reliquary of St Ursula (c1500) by Pierre Rousseau & Henri Duzen or Raymond Guyonnet in Tau Palace Museum. Reims, France.Gold & silver ship reliquary of St Ursula (c1500) by Raymond Guyonnet in Tau Palace. Reims, France.Martyrdom of St Ursula woodcarving (c1510) by Master of pursed lips from Nuremberg at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany.Martyrdom of St Ursula & the Eleven Thousand Maidens painting (c1615-20) by Peter Paul Rubens at Kimbell Art Museum. Fort Worth, TX.

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