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Source Description
This painting is one of a series of similar panels that perhaps once formed the wings of a painted reliquary. The relics contained therein would have been those of the saints portrayed on the wings. On this panel, St. Lawrence and St. Sebastian are identified by the instruments of their martyrdom: the gridiron for Lawrence and the arrow for Sebastian. St. Christopher is portrayed ferrying the Christ child across the river as dictated by his legend.
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Document identity
localId
10913
label
Saints Lawrence, Christopher, Sebastian, and a Bishop Saint
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
10913
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Saints Lawrence, Christopher, Sebastian, and a Bishop Saint
description
This painting is one of a series of similar panels that perhaps once formed the wings of a painted reliquary. The relics contained therein would have been those of the saints portrayed on the wings. On this panel, St. Lawrence and St. Sebastian are identified by the instruments of their martyrdom: the gridiron for Lawrence and the arrow for Sebastian. St. Christopher is portrayed ferrying the Christ child across the river as dictated by his legend.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 56, as Giottino]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1420-1430 (Early Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
panel paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
26.5
height
30
depth
1.7
dimensionsRaw
Panel H: 10 7/16 x W: 11 13/16 x D: 11/16 in. (26.5 x 30 x 1.7 cm); Painted surface H: 9 13/16 x W: 11 1/8 in. (25 x 28.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] On the book held by the bishop saint on the right: JAMQ[UE] / SU[BTUS] RU / DIBUS / P[ER]ITU[RUS] / DURA / ANT / IS[TES]A / RTE
med
tempera on wood panel
creator_ids
4906
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
2064
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
d8c792c923059ea8