Title
Frescoes from the Church of Agios Georgios Chostos in Filerimos, Rhodes. The Passion of Christ. Saint John the Baptist with the Lamb. Pilgrim with his patron saint. Saint Michael kills the demon as the latter is trying to tip over the scales with the good and bad actions of a young knight who is kneeling before Saint Michael. A fountain with a snake and two pigeons, probably an allegory of “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” (Matthew 10:16).
Alternative Title
Caveau no 4.
Date
1828
Bibliographic Citation
ROTTIERS, Bernard Eugène Antoine. Description des Monumens de Rhodes, dediée à sa majesté le Roi des Pays-Bas, Βρυξέλλες, Mme V. A. Colinez, 1830. - Monumens de Rhodes [Λεύκωμα], Βρυξέλλες, Mme V. A. Colinez, 1828.
Table Of Contents
LXIV
Area/Place
Aegean islands
Greece
Rhodes
Subject
Art and antiquities
Collection
Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation Library