The Mass of Saint Basil, 1746, Oil on canvas, transferred from canvas, 54 x 31 1/8 in. (137 x 79 cm), Paintings, Pierre Hubert Subleyras (French, Saint-Gilles-du-Gard 1699–1749 Rome), The rare subject concerns Saint Basil the Great (ca. 339–379) and Emperor Valens, a heretical Arian. Surrounded by priests, Basil receives the wine for consecration from a priest. Valens's required gifts of bread are presented by figures at the left while, to the right, the emperor swoons, moved by the solemnity of the mass
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Mass, Saint Basil, 1746, Oil, canvas, transferred, 54 x 31 1/8, 137 79 cm, Paintings, Pierre Hubert Subleyras, French, Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, 1699–1749, Rome, rare, subject, concerns, Saint, Basil, Great, ca, 339–379, Emperor Valens, heretical Arian, Surrounded, priests, Basil receives, wine, consecration, priest, Valens, required gifts, bread, presented, figures, left, right, emperor swoons, moved, solemnity, mass
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