Rijksmuseum

De heilige Clara

Date

c. 1838

Medium

canvas, oil paint (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Saint Clare is reading the Bible, bathed in light. Also known as ‘the luminous one,’ Saint Clare was a 13th-century Italian nun who devoted herself to spirituality and renounced all earthly possessions. She gained a vast following and was canonized just four days after her death. The painter Court chose not to depict her in a habit, instead inventing a medievalinspired version of her clothing and hairstyle.

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