Legend of St. Ursula: Dream of St. Ursula
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Title
Legend of St. Ursula: Dream of St. Ursula
Description
The lady sleeping in the bed is an image of Princess Usrula, the daughter of King Norus of Brittany in the 5th century AD. She was very beautiful and wise which caused her to have many suitors. The King of Anglia wanted his son to marry her, so she agreed but only after a waiting period of 3 years. She decided to go on a journey to Rome to take advantage of her final time of freedom. One night where they had stopped in Cologne, she is visited by an angel as she sleeps in a bed alone. The angle reveals her future martyrdom. She converted many men to Christianity but was slain by an arrow through her heart when she returned to Cologne.
Carpaccio's representation exhibits the exalted heights of art in Venice, adding to the pious narrative of the city.
Carpaccio's image was created as a part of a larger cycle of painting that illustrate St. Ursula's life and journey.
Carpaccio's representation exhibits the exalted heights of art in Venice, adding to the pious narrative of the city.
Carpaccio's image was created as a part of a larger cycle of painting that illustrate St. Ursula's life and journey.
Creator
Vittore Carpaccio
Source
Koepsell, Thomas D.. Detail From The Dream of Saint (n.d.): 2008.
Lowell, Amy. "Dream of St. Ursula, the." Atlantic Monthly, 1911, 375, https://login.proxy.lib.duke.edu/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.proxy.lib.duke.edu/docview/1305109041?accountid=10598.
Meyers, Jeffrey. "Carpaccio and D'Annunzio's Il Fuoco." Style, Summer 2013, 185+. Gale In Context: Biography (accessed September 8, 2020). https://link-gale-com.proxy.lib.duke.edu/apps/doc/A342676950/BIC?u=duke_perkins&sid=BIC&xid=7064d3ca.
Ruskin, John. Saint Ursula: I. the Story of St. Ursula. II. the Dream of St. Ursula Project Gutenberg,. Vittore Carpaccio, “The Dream of Saint Ursula,” Venetian Art, accessed September 8, 2020, http://library.bc.edu/venetianart/items/show/1531.
Image Source: Carpaccio, Vittore, 1455?-1525?. c.1495. Legend of St. Ursula: Dream of St. Ursula. https://library.artstor.org/asset/ARTSTOR_103_41822000556629.
Lowell, Amy. "Dream of St. Ursula, the." Atlantic Monthly, 1911, 375, https://login.proxy.lib.duke.edu/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.proxy.lib.duke.edu/docview/1305109041?accountid=10598.
Meyers, Jeffrey. "Carpaccio and D'Annunzio's Il Fuoco." Style, Summer 2013, 185+. Gale In Context: Biography (accessed September 8, 2020). https://link-gale-com.proxy.lib.duke.edu/apps/doc/A342676950/BIC?u=duke_perkins&sid=BIC&xid=7064d3ca.
Ruskin, John. Saint Ursula: I. the Story of St. Ursula. II. the Dream of St. Ursula Project Gutenberg,. Vittore Carpaccio, “The Dream of Saint Ursula,” Venetian Art, accessed September 8, 2020, http://library.bc.edu/venetianart/items/show/1531.
Image Source: Carpaccio, Vittore, 1455?-1525?. c.1495. Legend of St. Ursula: Dream of St. Ursula. https://library.artstor.org/asset/ARTSTOR_103_41822000556629.
Publisher
Data from: University of California, San Diego
Image Source: Carpaccio, Vittore, 1455?-1525?. c.1495. Legend of St. Ursula: Dream of St. Ursula. https://library.artstor.org/asset/ARTSTOR_103_41822000556629.
Image Source: Carpaccio, Vittore, 1455?-1525?. c.1495. Legend of St. Ursula: Dream of St. Ursula. https://library.artstor.org/asset/ARTSTOR_103_41822000556629.
Date
ca. 1495
Contributor
Jackson Huether
Rights
Image Source: Carpaccio, Vittore, 1455?-1525?. c.1495. Legend of St. Ursula: Dream of St. Ursula. https://library.artstor.org/asset/ARTSTOR_103_41822000556629.
Format
Oil on canvas; 9' x 8'9"
Type
Painting
Coverage
Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
Collection
Citation
Vittore Carpaccio, “Legend of St. Ursula: Dream of St. Ursula,” ARTHIST 89S - Visual Culture of Venice - Fall 2020, accessed October 22, 2026, https://venice.dahvc.org/fall-2020/items/show/12.