{"product_id":"saint-eloi-1790-grand-tableau-religieux-francais-huile-sur-toile-provenance-abbaye-de-bonnefontaine","title":"Saint Eloi, 1790 – Large French Religious Painting – Oil on Canvas – Provenance Bonnefontaine Abbey","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"423\" data-end=\"826\"\u003eThis painting of \u003cstrong data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"469\"\u003eimpressive solemnity\u003c\/strong\u003e, painted around 1790, depicts \u003cstrong data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"513\"\u003eSaint Eligius\u003c\/strong\u003e, Bishop of Noyon and patron saint of goldsmiths, blacksmiths, and metalworkers.\u003cbr data-start=\"600\" data-end=\"603\"\u003eOf monumental dimensions (171 × 89 cm), this oil on canvas comes from the \u003cstrong data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"733\"\u003evenerable Cistercian Abbey of Bonnefontaine\u003c\/strong\u003e, founded in 1152 in the French Ardennes under the impetus of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"828\" data-end=\"831\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"887\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"839\" data-end=\"887\"\u003eA Survivor of the French Revolution\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"888\" data-end=\"1295\"\u003eThis exceptional work has spanned centuries and survived the French Revolution. 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