domingo, 4 de marzo de 2012

San Fernando y San Hermenegildo.



La Iglesia de la Caridad es una de las grandes joyas del barroco sevillano.
En su interior se nos muestran pinturas, esculturas y elementos arquitectónicos de primer nivel artístico, no en vano Murillo, Valdés Leal, Pedro Roldán, su hija Luisa Roldán llamada "La Roldana" o Simón de Pineda ayudaron a completar su interior.
Pero hoy nos vamos a fijar en su exterior, concretamente en dos estatuas que flanquean la puerta de entrada a dicha iglesia.
Estas estatuas representan, a la derecha de la imagen, a San Fernando (Rey Fernado III de Castilla), quien conquistó Sevilla a mediados del siglo XIII; y, a la izquierda, a San Hermenegildo, príncipe visigodo que murió como mártir por abrazar la fe cristiana.
De ambos tenemos buenos ejemplos en la iconografía religiosa de nuestras iglesias. En estos enlaces podemos ver las últimas publicaciones de ambos, San Fernando y San Hermenegildo.
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The Church of the Charity is one of the great jewels of the Sevillian baroque.
In the interior area we can see paintings, sculptures and architectural elements of the first artistic level, not uselessly Murillo, Valdés Leal,  Pedro Roldán, his daughter so called Luisa Roldán or Simón de Pineda helped to complete his interior.
But today we will write about the exterior area, concretely about two statues that flank the door of entry to the above mentioned church.
These statues represent, in the right of the image, to Saint Fernando (King Fernado III of Castile), who conquered Seville in the middle of the 13th century; and, in the left side, to Saint Hermenegildo, visigothic prince that died as martyr for embracing the Christian faith.
Of both we have good examples in the religious iconography of our churches.
In these links we can see the last publications of both,  San Fernando and San Hermenegildo .

4 comentarios:

  1. Rich. Looks very rich. Someone with money lived there.

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  2. Beautiful church and interesting post, as usual. Whenever I visit a church, I'm always wishing there was someone around I can ask about the icons because they're usually not identified.

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