# Hosea

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ROMANESQUE GLASS PAINTER, German](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-glass-painter-german-r6b6f42d09b8b55>)
- Date: 1101-1150
- Technique: Stained glass window, 220 x 50 cm

## Commentary

Three almost life-sized figures of the prophets Hosea, Daniel and Jonah survived from an original set of twenty-two in the cathedral of Augsburg in southern Germany.They have an hieratic, geometric appearance, with a dominant green-red contrast, and they wear the distinctive pointed hats of medieval Jews.

## Related artworks

- [Moses and the Burning Bush](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-glass-painter-german-r6b6f42d09b8b55/moses-and-the-burning-bush-re261e2371740ac>)
- [Prophet Daniel and King David](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-glass-painter-german-r6b6f42d09b8b55/prophet-daniel-and-king-david-rc679f6788b7df9>)
- [Samson with the City Gates of Gaza](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanesque-glass-painter-german-r6b6f42d09b8b55/samson-with-the-city-gates-of-gaza-rd06094fc985bb4>)

## Attribution

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