photo 9 Jan 48 notes BARONZIO, GiovanniSt Colomba Saved by a Bear (detail), 1340sTempera on wood, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

BARONZIO, Giovanni
St Colomba Saved by a Bear (detail), 1340s
Tempera on wood, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

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    Huh. I had always wondered where that expression “Saved by the bear” came from.
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    two of my favorite things (renaissance religious art and bears)
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    “Legend says that while she was in prison, one of the jailers tried to rape her;...bear...
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