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Painting of a bearded man in a black robe and white surplice, hands clasped in prayer, with a faint halo and books behind him.

Saint Dionysius the Areopagite in Prayer

A bearded man in a black hooded robe and white surplice clasps his hands in prayer before a shelf of red-bound books, with a faint halo around his head. A scroll and a small inscribed label hang at the sides of this half-length panel painting, set within an arched frame.

Artist
anoniem
Date
1505-1510
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2860 × 3980 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1510.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: San Dionisio el Areopagita en oración

Un hombre barbado con capucha y túnica negra, sobre sobrepelliz blanca, junta las manos en oración frente a una estantería de libros de lomo rojo, con un tenue halo alrededor de la cabeza. Un pergamino y una pequeña etiqueta con inscripción cuelgan a los lados de esta pintura de medio cuerpo, enmarcada en un arco.

Português: São Dionísio, o Areopagita, em oração

Um homem barbado, com capuz e túnica negra sobre sobrepeliz branca, une as mãos em oração diante de uma estante de livros de lombada vermelha, com um leve halo em torno da cabeça. Um pergaminho e uma pequena etiqueta com inscrição ficam nas laterais desta pintura de meio corpo, emoldurada por um arco.

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