# The Virgin Presenting Saint Dominic with the Rosary

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DIEPENBEECK, Abraham van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/diepenbeeck-abraham-van-r139c4fdcdcd43b>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Red chalk, grey wash, squared in black chalk, 134 x 79 mm

## Commentary

This drawing shows the Virgin presenting St Dominic with the Rosary. St Dominic was the founder of the Dominican Order, one of the most influential monastic groups of the later Middle Ages. Dominicans have been instrumental in spreading the rosary and emphasizing the Catholic belief in the power of the rosary.

## Related artworks

- [Constantine before Galerius](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/diepenbeeck-abraham-van-r139c4fdcdcd43b/constantine-before-galerius-r05a439f8a40440>)
- [The Conversion of Saul](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/diepenbeeck-abraham-van-r139c4fdcdcd43b/the-conversion-of-saul-r598142a60357ec>)
- [The Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/diepenbeeck-abraham-van-r139c4fdcdcd43b/the-crucifixion-rbfda51e01f833a>)
- [The Virgin Presenting the Rosary to St Dominic with St Thomas Aquinas Kneeling](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/diepenbeeck-abraham-van-r139c4fdcdcd43b/the-virgin-presenting-the-rosary-to-st-dominic-with-st-thomas-aquinas-kneeling-r06524896851bc7>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)