It is interesting to observe the way that female Saints like Joan of Arc enthrall people who in other areas of their life are quite uninterested or even antipathetic toward the Catholic Church. I think this is because the female Saints represent an emancipation of the feminine genius, a true "feminism," that emerged far before the modern movement.
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Vittorio Reggianini (Italian, 1858-1939)
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[Private Collection - Oil on canvas, 94 x 68.8 cm]
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