Saint Valentine, (painting).

Saint Valentine, (painting).

Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966, painter.

Saint Valentine, (painting).

Tempera on gessoed panel.

20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm).

(Lower left:) Saint Valentine. Maxfield Parrish 1904 (On figure's stone seat:) MAXF / PARRISH (On halo:) ST. VALENTINE signed

A profile figure of St. Valentine seated on a stone bench amid flowers, his hands resting on a stone tablet in front of him, his head raised to look toward heaven, and a halo behind his head.

Religion -- Saint -- St. Valentine

National Academy of Design, 1083 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10128

Parrish painted Saint Valentine for the cover of the Feb. 2, 1905 issue of Life magazine.

Owner, 1971: Registration Records.

Dearinger, David B., ed., "Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume I, 1826-1925," New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, (National Academy of Design), 2004, pg. 434.

Antiques (Feb. 1980), pg. 389.

Dearinger, David B., ed., "Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume I, 1826-1925," New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, (National Academy of Design), 2004, pg. 434.

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