Abbess Collection (#2)

Death and the Nun, from the Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger
7277879 Death and the Nun, from the Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger by Holbein the Younger, Hans (1497/8-1543) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Death and the Nun)

St. Bernard "Abbess. "
5856413 St. Bernard " Abbess." by Barber, Charles Burton (1845-94); (add.info.: St. Bernard " Abbess." Original painting by Charles Burton Barber (1845|1894)

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles and an Augustinian Canoness, 1525 / 50. Creator: Unknown
Saint Gertrude of Nivelles and an Augustinian Canoness, 1525/50

An abbess and her nuns cutting off their noses to prevent the outrages of the Danes (engraving)
960032 An abbess and her nuns cutting off their noses to prevent the outrages of the Danes (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Madonna and Child with Saints Mary Magdelen, Peter, Clare and Francis
827887 The Madonna and Child with Saints Mary Magdelen, Peter, Clare and Francis and a portrait of the Abbess (?) of the Nuns of the Convent of Santa Maria Maddalena delle Convertite

The young Marie-Angelique Arnauld walking in the convent garden with her nuns (colour litho)
5217554 The young Marie-Angelique Arnauld walking in the convent garden with her nuns (colour litho) by Mills, Alfred Wallis (1855-1942); Private Collection; (add.info)

Found the Queen Dead, illustration from Stories of King Arthur
STC323635 Found the Queen Dead, illustration from Stories of King Arthur and the Round Table by Beatrice Clay, 1st Edition, 1905 (litho) by Curtis

The Passing of Guinevere, illustration from The Story of the Grail
STC324288 The Passing of Guinevere, illustration from The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur, c.1910 (litho) by Pyle

The Crozier of the Abbesses of the Cistercian Convent Abbaye du Lys
CHT257998 The Crozier of the Abbesses of the Cistercian Convent Abbaye du Lys (silver gilt & rock crystal) by French School, (13th century); Musee Lambinet, Versailles

Saxon saints Modwena and Edmund the King
Saxon Saint Modwena in abbess robes and Saint Edmund the King. Paintings in niches on the side of the nave. Handcoloured etching drawn

Skeleton of Death dragging away an Abbess
Skeleton of Death in wreath dragging away an Abbess with veil, rosary and crozier from her convent as a distraught nun watches

Death attending the Pope as he crowns an Emperor attended by cardinals and bishops. Another skeleton in cardinals robes at right

Louise Adelaide d Orleans, later Abbess of Chelles, 1698-1743. She is depicted as a young woman before becoming a nun, wearing a simple morning dress in back with white fur trim

Louise Adelaide of Orleans, French princess (coloured engraving)
971840 Louise Adelaide of Orleans, French princess (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Louise Adelaide of Orleans (1698-1743)

The Lady Abbess (engraving)
3646489 The Lady Abbess (engraving) by Holbein the Younger, Hans (1497/8-1543) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lady Abbess. From Holbeins Totentanz (Danse Macabre)

Abbess Opportuna with a Staff and a Book, c. 1440-50 (tempera, gold leaf
5242302 Abbess Opportuna with a Staff and a Book, c.1440-50 (tempera, gold leaf, paint and ink on parchment) by Bedford Master Workshop (fl. c.1430-65); 23.5 A-- 16.4 cm; J

The Abbess of Coldingham Monastery cutting of her nose and upper Lip as an example for her Nuns to follow
3630904 The Abbess of Coldingham Monastery cutting of her nose and upper Lip as an example for her Nuns to follow, to prevent being Ravished by the Danes (engraving) by Wale

Chapel, Great Ilford, Essex (engraving)
606476 Chapel, Great Ilford, Essex (engraving) by Schnebbelie, Robert Blemell (fl.1803-d.1849); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chapel, Great Ilford, Essex)

Ms 846 fol. 137v Historiated initial I depicting St
XIR239931 Ms 846 fol.137v Historiated initial I depicting St. Richrudius, from Recueil de Vie des Saints (vellum) by French School, (12th century); Bibliotheque Municipale, Douai

A Holiday in the Vosges, North Eastern France (engraving)
1041719 A Holiday in the Vosges, North Eastern France (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Holiday in the Vosges, North Eastern France)

The Crystal Palace Dog Show (engraving)
1058619 The Crystal Palace Dog Show (engraving) by Macquoid, Percy (1852-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Crystal Palace Dog Show)

Tomb of Heloise and Peter Abelard, Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (b / w photo)
3095253 Tomb of Heloise and Peter Abelard, Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tomb of Heloise and Peter Abelard)

The Madonna of the Sacred Girdle, 1456 (tempera on panel)
KAB87059 The Madonna of the Sacred Girdle, 1456 (tempera on panel) by Lippi, Fra Filippo (c.1406-69); Museo Civico, Prato, Italy; eDario Grimaldi; Italian, out of copyright

St Frideswides Shrine, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Oxfordshire (b / w photo)
5996868 St Frideswides Shrine, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Oxfordshire (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Frideswides Shrine)

St Frideswide, c. 1872 (stained glass)
3475585 St Frideswide, c.1872 (stained glass) by Holiday, Henry (1839-1927); St Mary Magdalene Church, Paddington, London, UK; (add.info.: Heaton Butler & Bayne); eAlastair Carew-Cox; English

The Crozier of the Abbesses of the Cistercian Convent Abbaye du Lys
XIR397308 The Crozier of the Abbesses of the Cistercian Convent Abbaye du Lys (silver gilt & rock crystal) by French School, (13th century); Musee Lambinet, Versailles

Reliquary of the Veil of St. Aldegonde (gold)
XIR169050 Reliquary of the Veil of St. Aldegonde (gold) by French School, (15th century); Eglise de Maubeuge, Maubeuge, France; (add.info.: founded an abbey of Benedictine nuns; ); French

Heloise d Argenteuil, French nun, scholar and abbess (coloured engraving)
971775 Heloise d Argenteuil, French nun, scholar and abbess (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Heloise d Argenteuil (c1161-1164), French nun

The Abbess. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
The Abbess

Elizabeth Throckmorton, Canoness of the Order of the Dames Augustines Anglaises, 1729

The Abbess, from the Dance of Death, 1651. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
The Abbess, from the Dance of Death, 1651

Irena Macrina Mieczyslaska, Superior of the Covent of St. Basil, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Irena Macrina Mieczyslaska, Superior of the Covent of St. Basil, 1845. Portrait of Mother Irena Makrina Mieczyslavska, abbess of the Order of St. Basil the Great in White Ruthenia [Belarus]

LOUISE ADELAIDE ORLEANS
LOUISE ADELAIDE DORLEANS mademoiselle de Chartres After she became a nun - as Abbess of Chelles - in 1717. Date: 1698 - 1743

Lucrezia Agliardi Vertova (1490?-1558), 1557. Creator: Giovanni Battista Moroni
Lucrezia Agliardi Vertova (1490?-1558), 1557

Marie de Beauvillier de Saint-Aignan, 1585, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Marie de Beauvilliers de Saint-Aignan, 1585, (1907). Portrait of French abbess Marie-Catherine de Beauvilliers (1574-1667) who was also a mistresses of King Henry IV of France

Abelard And Heloise Peter Abelard Medieval French
Abelard and Heloise. Peter Abelard, c. 1079 -1142. Medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer and musician. Heloise, c

A priest listens to Colettes preaching. Colette of Corbie, P. C. C. 1381 - 1447
A priest listens to Colettes preaching. Colette of Corbie, P.C.C. 1381 - 1447. French abbess and the foundress of the Colettine Poor Clares

Lorens Pasch Elder Sophia Emerentia von Dellwig
Lorens Pasch the Elder, Sophia Emerentia von Dellwig, 1727-1783, Countess, abbess in Vadstena noble maiden, married to Count Henning Adolf Gyllenborg, painting, Oil on canvas, Height

Eric Reuterborg Princess Sofia Albertina 1753-1829
Eric Reuterborg, Princess Sofia Albertina, Princess Sofia Albertina (1753-1829), painting, Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg, 1817, Watercolor on ivory, Framed, Height, 7.6 cm (2.9 inches)

Unidentified painter Princess Sofia Albertina
Unidentified painter, Princess Sofia Albertina, Sofia Albertina, 1753-1829, Princess of Sweden, painting, Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg, oil, Height, 63 cm (24.8 inches), Width

Cornelius Hoeyer Princess Sofia Albertina Sweden
Cornelius Hoeyer, Princess Sofia Albertina, Princess Sofia Albertina of Sweden, Abbess in Quedlinburg, Sofia Albertina, 1753-1829, Princess of Sweden, painting, Sophia Albertina

Lorens Pasch Younger Princess Sofia Albertina
Lorens Pasch the Younger, Princess Sofia Albertina, Princess Sofia Albertina of Sweden (1753-18299. Uncompleted, Princess Sofia Albertina of Sweden (1753-1829)

Ludwig Weyandt Princess Anna Dorotea Anna Dorotea
Ludwig Weyandt, Princess Anna Dorotea, Anna Dorotea, 1640-1713, Princess of Holstein-Gottorp, abbess in Quedlingburg, painting, portrait, Oil on canvas, Height: 79 cm (31.1), Width: 67 cm (26.3)

Attributed Jakob BjAorck Princess Sofia Albertina
Attributed to Jakob Bjorck, Princess Sofia Albertina, Sofia Albertina, 1753-1829, Princess of Sweden, painting, portrait, Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Oil on canvas, Height

Reception Dutch ambassador Hieronymus van Beverningk
Reception of the Dutch ambassador Hieronymus van Beverningk by the Spanish queen-regent Maria-Anna of Austria, 2 March 1671, Hieronymus van Beverningk (1614-90), Dutch extraordinary ambassador

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Detail Of The Tapestry Found In Quedlinburg Abbey, Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The 12Th Century Tapestry Was Woven By Agnes I, Abbess Of Quedlinburg

Death Comes To The Abbess From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

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"Abbess: Women of Faith, Power, and Influence" Throughout history, the role of abbesses has been significant in shaping religious and cultural landscapes. From St. Hildegard Von Bingen's mystical visions to Saint Brigid of Ireland's patronage over poets and healers, these women have left an indelible mark on society. One such influential figure was St. Hilda of Whitby, who not only established a renowned monastery but also fostered intellectual pursuits among her nuns. Holding an ammonite in her hand as depicted in Hereford Cathedral's West window, she symbolizes the intersection between spirituality and scientific curiosity. Another remarkable abbess was Saint Etheldreda of Ely, whose leadership transformed her abbey into a center for learning and piety. Her devotion to God is beautifully captured in Death grotesquely crowned with flags or feathers – a reminder that even in mortality, faith prevails. Artistic expressions also pay homage to these extraordinary women. In Mother Jeronima de la Fuente's portrait from 1620, we witness the serene countenance of an abbess immersed in prayerful contemplation. Meanwhile, the Wedding Feast of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary showcases how abbesses played pivotal roles beyond their monastic duties by officiating important ceremonies. Courtly life during Emperor Frederick I's reign offers glimpses into the opulence enjoyed by some abbesses. Princely dining parties held court within lavish surroundings as depicted in Hortus deliciarum illuminated manuscript – a testament to their social standing and influence. However, amidst grandeur lies moments of profound sorrow too. The Lamentation over the dead Christ reminds us that even powerful figures like Abbess Herrad could experience deep anguish while upholding their spiritual responsibilities. These glimpses into the lives of various abbesses highlight their unwavering commitment to faith and service throughout history.