Saint Ambrose barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral

Saint Ambrose barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral is a 1619–1620 painting by Anthony van Dyck, now in the National Gallery in London.

It draws heavily on a 1618 version of the same subject by Rubens which van Dyck had worked on as a studio assistant. In van Dyck's version, Theodosius is beardless, the architectural background is more defined and a spear and a halberd are added on the left-hand side.

It shows the Roman emperor Theodosius I and his entourage being barred from Milan Cathedral by its archbishop saint Ambrose, as punishment for the Massacre of Thessalonica.

Sources

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/anthony-van-dyck-st-ambrose-barring-theodosius-from-milan-cathedral

Bibliography

Gian Pietro Bellori, Vite de' pittori, scultori e architecti moderni, Torino, Einaudi, 1976.
Didier Bodart, Van Dyck, Prato, Giunti, 1997.
Christopher Brown, Van Dyck 1599–1641, Milano, RCS Libri, 1999.ISBN 8817860603
Justus Müller Hofstede, Van Dyck, Milano, Rizzoli/Skira, 2004.
Stefano Zuffi, Il Barocco, Verona, Mondadori, 2004.

Paintings by Anthony van Dyck

Religious subjects	The Betrayal of Christ (1618–20) (Bristol ; Madrid ; Minneapolis) Christ Crowned with Thorns (1619–20) Crucifixion (1630) Crucifixion with Saints (1617–19) Deposition / Lamentation over the Dead Christ (1615; 1618; 1619; 1629; 1629–30; 1634; 1635; 1640) Entry of Christ into Jerusalem (1617) Madonna and Child (1621–27) Madonna and Child with Two Donors (1630) Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1630) Saint Ambrose barring Theodosius from Milan Cathedral (1619–20) Saint Martin and the Beggar (1618) Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague–Stricken of Palermo (1624) Samson and Delilah (1620 ; 1630) The Vision of the Blessed Hermann Joseph (1629–30)

Mythological subjects	Cupid and Psyche (1638–40) Drunken Silenus (1620) Jupiter and Antiope (1620) Thetis Receiving the Weapons of Achilles from Hephaestus (1630–32)

Portraits	Charles I (Equestrian ; At the Hunt; Triple Portrait; with M. de St Antoine) Henrietta Maria (As St Catherine; Triple Portrait) Magistrates of Brussels (Preparatory sketch) Olivia Boteler Porter

Self-portraits	1613–14 1632–33 1635 (with Endymion Porter) 1640

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