Saint Begga
Subtitle: on Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), the Beguines and their fictional foundress
By: Leen Kelchtermans
Contributors: Jordaens, Jacob, 1593-1678, artist
Series: Phoebus Focus -- 25; Phoebus Focus -- 25.
Publisher: Kannibaal bvba / Hannibal
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Lichtervelde
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9789464366143
Subjects: Dutch Portrait painting; Women saints in art; Beguines
Other titles: On Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), the Beguines and their fictional foundress
Description: In 'St Begga' Leen Kelchtermans examines strong, religious women and their devotion, and Catholic and dynastic displays of power. She whisks the reader away to between the seventh and seventeenth centuries and elaborates on the way Begga, daughter of Itta of Metz (c.592-652) and Pepin the Elder (c.580-639), was officially appointed as the foundress of the flourishing beguine movement in 1630. Around 1635 the Flemish Baroque master Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) portrayed St Begga, a painting that abounds with captivating stories. This edition of 'Phoebus Focus' restores both St Begga and Jacob Jordaens to flesh and blood human beings
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-100)