04 Wooden Sculptures, RELIGIOUS ART – The Holy Trinity, Virgin and Child, Christ as the Man of Sorrows and the Pieta, with footnotes #188

Italian, 16th century
The Holy Trinity

Gilt and polychromed wood, on a later metal stand
height 23 ½ in.; 59.7cm.
Private collection

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity holds that God is one God, but three coeternal consubstantial persons or hypostases — the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit — as “one God in three Divine Persons”. The three Persons are distinct, yet are one “substance, essence or nature”. In this context, a “nature” is what one is, whereas a “person” is who one is…

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Author: Zaidan Art Blog

I search Art History for Beautiful works that may, or may not, have a secondary or unexpected story to tell. I then write short summaries that grow from my research. Art work is so much more when its secrets are exposed

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