WHYTE'S IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 22 MARCH 2021 AT 6PM

51 IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 22 MARCH 2021 AT 6PM 32 Cecil ffrench Salkeld ARHA (1904-1969) SAINT CECILIA, 1945 oil on canvas signed lower right; inscribed and dated lower left 20 by 24in. (50.8 by 61cm) Frame Dimensions: 26 by 30in. (66 by 76.2cm) Some surface dirt visible. One slight chip in the paint extreme upper centre. Otherwise very good condition. Saint Cecilia is a Roman martyr venerated in Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches. She became the patron saint of music and musicians, it being written that, as the musicians played at her wedding, Cecilia “sang in her heart to the Lord” . The martyrdom of Cecilia is said to have followed that of her husband Valerian and his brother at the hands of the prefect Turcius Almachius. The legend about Cecilia’s death says that after being struck three times on the neck with a sword, she lived for three days, and asked the Pope to convert her home into a church. Cecilia was buried in the Catacomb of Callixtus, and later transferred to the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere. In 1599, her body was found still incorrupt, seeming to be asleep. €1,500-€2,000 (£1,290-£1,720 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot32