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Rosary, Or the Prayer for a Good Death This cycle can be read in three different ways: linear, circling or chaotic. Choose the rose, the skull or click on the u n d e r l i n e d word - and stick to your choice or get lost forever. The explanation on the statusbar will guide you.
This cycle was commissioned by the Amsterdam Fund for Art Foundation (Stichting Amsterdam Fonds door de Kunst) on the occasion of the exhibit "The Art of Devotion" at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (winter 1994-'95), with special attention to catalog number 44, a diptych: a Transfiguration of Maria (e.g. "Maria in Sole") from the Boijmans Van Beuningen collection, and a Christ on the Cross with Scenes from the Passion, artist unknown, originating from the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, collection. The diptych is a rosery devotion piece and attributed to Geertgen tot Sint Jans |