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Speaker: Florence Gillman, Timken Docent and Professor Emerita,
Theology and Religious Studies, USD

The Timken’s St. Francis in Meditation, painted by Francisco de Zurbarán in 1631, is one of some 34 versions of the saint by this artist. Why was the artist commissioned by various Spanish religious orders, especially in Seville, to paint so many of these rather severe portrayals for their conventos? What historical context lies behind them? Were they painted primarily to honor the saint or more deliberately to affect the viewers?

SPEAKER: Florence Gillman, PhD, STD, has been a Docent at the Timken since 2022 and a member of USD’s faculty since 1986. She previously served as Chair of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Coordinator of the Program in Interdisciplinary Humanities and Coordinator of the Program in Classics.

Join us live on Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86148328476?pwd=UmpTRGhYZS9UQnAxeHd6aHpCbENFdz09

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