Tiziano Vecelli - Spain Succouring Religion 1575
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Spain Succouring Religion 1575
168x168cm oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Spain rescues Religion depicts an allegory, mixing the allegory with political propaganda, portraying Spain as a woman in a dramatic landscape, with a shield in her right hand and a spear with the flag of Victory on it, while the Turkish threat is shown by a man wearing a turban in a chariot with two horses on the sea. On the shield there is the coat of arms of Felipe II (1556-1598). The person symbolizing the Christian Religion is depicted as a woman, to the right, falling on her knees, covered with a blue drapery, threatened by snakes.