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Winged man Winged lion Winged ox
(St Matthew) (St Mark) (St Luke)
Giovanni Bellini’s painting Madonna
St Peter the Apostle, the “rock” The Madonna, with the Christ and Child with Four Saints (see p123)
on which the Christian church was Child, is an emblem of perfect
founded, carries the keys to Heaven. motherly love.
St Catherine of
Alexandria is shown St Jerome is always
here with a piece of portrayed as an old man,
the wheel on which often a hermit, whose life
she was martyred. was devoted to scholarship.

Detail from Madonna and Child
with Four Saints, by Giovanni Bellini. St Lucy is depicted here
The painting was produced in 1505 for The angel, a messenger of holding her own eyes in a dish.
an altarpiece at San Zaccaria, Venice, God to man, is portrayed in this She became the patron saint of
where it is still on display. scene as a musician of Heaven. the blind and symbolizes light.

The lily, flower of the Virgin, is The cockle shell most often The palm represents, in
the symbol of purity, resurrection, represents pilgrimage. It is a Christian art, a martyr’s
peace and chastity. particular attribute of St Roch. triumph over death.

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