# Scene from the Lives of the Founding Saints \(3\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DOMENICHINO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/domenichino-r12db7e6f690301>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The picture shows the scene of The Madonna Commands Sts Nilus and Bartholomew to Build a Church. This scene is located on the window wall of the chancel. It is one of the seven scenes depicting events from the lives of the two founder saints. This scene refers to the founding legend. Here the Madonna, borne by angels, appears to the two saints and commands them to build a church on the site of her apparition. With the help of the Christ Child standing next to her, she hands them a gold orb which according to tradition was placed in the cornerstone.

## Related artworks

- [A Triumphal Arch of Allegories](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/domenichino-r12db7e6f690301/a-triumphal-arch-of-allegories-r84b960e23c748c>)
- [Adam and Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/domenichino-r12db7e6f690301/adam-and-eve-r2804616a177f10>)
- [Allegory of Agriculture, Astronomy and Architecture](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/domenichino-r12db7e6f690301/allegory-of-agriculture-astronomy-and-architecture-rf36d37487073c0>)
- [Apse calotte and antechoir vault](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/domenichino-r12db7e6f690301/apse-calotte-and-antechoir-vault-r1e5d1766fcc69f>)
- [Caritas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/domenichino-r12db7e6f690301/caritas-r12922073ef3f32>)
- [Cupola vault](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/domenichino-r12db7e6f690301/cupola-vault-r14e12beccd4d7d>)
- [Death of St Cecilia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/domenichino-r12db7e6f690301/death-of-st-cecilia-r48d04b754a9555>)
- [Diana and her Nymphs \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/domenichino-r12db7e6f690301/diana-and-her-nymphs-detail-r15130fd016241f>)
- [Diana and her Nymphs \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/domenichino-r12db7e6f690301/diana-and-her-nymphs-detail-r7e0240d7f7ddc0>)
- [Diana and her Nymphs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/domenichino-r12db7e6f690301/diana-and-her-nymphs-r0ff90e2d9189f7>)
- [Doctors and Fathers of the Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/domenichino-r12db7e6f690301/doctors-and-fathers-of-the-church-r2f515ced2f3109>)
- [Doctors and Fathers of the Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/domenichino-r12db7e6f690301/doctors-and-fathers-of-the-church-r4f9cdba3ba0641>)

## Attribution

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