St Agnes in Prison Receiving from Heaven the ‘Shining White Garment’ ~ 1905

St Agnes in Prison Receiving from Heaven the 'Shining White Garment' 1905 Frank Cadogan Cowper 1877-1958 Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1905 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01961

St Agnes in Prison Receiving from Heaven the ‘Shining White Garment’ by Frank Cadogan Cowper ~ 1905
This is a scene from the life of St Agnes, based on William Caxton’s fifteenth-century Golden Legend. At the age of thirteen Agnes rejected marriage and dedicated her life to God. She refused to renounce her vow of chastity and was stripped of her clothes and taken to a brothel. She prayed for divine intervention and her room was filled by a miraculous light. Her hair grew long, and a white robe appeared before her. This is Cowper the moment shown here.

Via: Tate Museum

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