# Thebaid \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [STARNINA, Gherardo di Jacopo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/starnina-gherardo-di-jacopo-r0462948f67dffb>)
- Date: 1401-1450
- Technique: Tempera on wood

## Commentary

Thebais, the Roman province of upper Egypt, was home to the first Christian monks, the desert fathers, who lived in these communities of single cells until the persecutions of the fourth century. The rhythmic treatment of the cliffs endows the scene with grandeur, while the individual vignettes rewards close viewing.

## Related artworks

- [Angel of the Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/starnina-gherardo-di-jacopo-r0462948f67dffb/angel-of-the-annunciation-r310dbc398c7467>)
- [St Hugh of Lincoln and St Benedict of Nursia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/starnina-gherardo-di-jacopo-r0462948f67dffb/st-hugh-of-lincoln-and-st-benedict-of-nursia-r8b5ed461410903>)
- [St Vincent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/starnina-gherardo-di-jacopo-r0462948f67dffb/st-vincent-r22f3678f2b12da>)
- [Thebaid \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/starnina-gherardo-di-jacopo-r0462948f67dffb/thebaid-detail-ra35ee6643874c4>)
- [Thebaid \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/starnina-gherardo-di-jacopo-r0462948f67dffb/thebaid-detail-rbcd22c57f0ab1a>)
- [Thebaid](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/starnina-gherardo-di-jacopo-r0462948f67dffb/thebaid-r155200e4c34e45>)
- [Virgin of the Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/starnina-gherardo-di-jacopo-r0462948f67dffb/virgin-of-the-annunciation-r1e25434ad15911>)
- [Virgin with Child and Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/starnina-gherardo-di-jacopo-r0462948f67dffb/virgin-with-child-and-saints-r31a1d08b1a00b2>)

## Attribution

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