From saint teresa's description of her religious ecstasy: "i saw in his hand a long spear of gold, and at the iron's point there seemed to be a little fire. He appeared to me to be thrusting it at times into my heart, and to pierce my very entrails; when he drew it out, he seemed to draw them out also, and to leave me all on fire with a great love of god. The pain was so great, that it made me moan; and yet so surpassing was the sweetness of this excessive pain, that i could not wish to be rid of it. ". Dimensions: height: 15 cm (5.9 in); width: 11 cm (4.3 in)[2] (size of painting), 54.8 × 34.9 cm (21.5 × 13.7 in)[2] (size of sheet). Medium: colored pencils on paper, ink, pencil and colored pencil. 20110526222429!Félicien Rops - Sainte-Thérèse
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