Left Wing of a Triptych: Donor Matelief Dammasz and St Paul St. Athanasius The image was cleaned and

The image was cleaned and restored by the Vatican Museum in 2018

No Catholic art collection can be complete without this rare magnificent beauty

The play of light and shadow emphasizes the gravity of the moment

the babe in Her arms

but it was originally commissioned for the Abbey of Saint-Denis

Left Wing of a Triptych: Donor Matelief Dammasz and St Paul St. Athanasius The image was cleaned andAn excellent portrait of St. Paul pictured here with the donor of the image. Maerten van Heemskerck was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan van Scorel, and adopted his teacher's Italian influenced style. He spent years in Italy. He produced many designs for engravers, and is especially known for his depictions of the Wonders of the World