Title:
Saint Dominic Resuscitating Napoleone Orsini
Caption:
Saint Dominic Resuscitating Napoleone Orsini. Artist: Bartolomeo degli Erri (Italian, Modena, active 1460-79). Dimensions: 14 x 17 1/2 in. (35.6 x 44.5 cm). Date: 1467-74.
Bartolomeo degli Erri and his brother Agnolo were the key artistic personalities in Modena (north of Bologna) during the second half of the fifteenth century, painting three altarpieces for the church of San Domenico there. This picture is from the predella of the main altarpiece and shows Saint Dominic resuscitating the nephew of Cardinal Stefano di Fossa Nova, who had been killed in a fall from his horse. In the background, the saint presents the revived young man to his astonished uncle.
Technique/material:
Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Copyright:
Artist Copyright must be cleared if the artist's work is not in the public domain in the country where you are licensing.
Image size:
2880 x 2304 px | 19.0 MB
Print size:
24.4 x 19.5 cm | 9.6 x 7.7 in (300 dpi)
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