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Andrew Webb
image: (c) We Document Art, Collectie ROSSIGNOL HOUYET
The Martyrdom of Saint Cosimas and Damian, 2006
Mixed Media
, 33.3 x 64 cm
Wood, gesso, boll, gold, velum and missal covers, framed under glass
Cosmas and Damian are the patron saints of medicine. They were beheaded in Cilicia (modern day Turkey) in 287AD. Like icons depicted in heaven, the missal covers come together forming a collar, enclosing two spots of the pharmaceutical red and green.
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