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Source Description
The inscription on the ledge identifies the subject as St. Bruno of Cologne (ca. 1035-1101), the founder of the Carthusian monastic order. He was canonized, or sainted, by Pope Leo X in 1514. Although the artist did not know what St. Bruno actually looked like, he created an individualized portrait with hollow cheeks and large eyes. These features, along with the landscape, make the saint seem quite real to the viewer.
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Document identity
localId
8257
label
Saint Bruno
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obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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8257
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Saint Bruno
description
The inscription on the ledge identifies the subject as St. Bruno of Cologne (ca. 1035-1101), the founder of the Carthusian monastic order. He was canonized, or sainted, by Pope Leo X in 1514. Although the artist did not know what St. Bruno actually looked like, he created an individualized portrait with hollow cheeks and large eyes. These features, along with the landscape, make the saint seem quite real to the viewer.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1881 catalogue: no. 122; 1897 catalogue: no. 278, as St. Bruno by Garofalo]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1525 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
panel paintings
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
73.8
height
59.9
depth
0.7
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 29 1/16 x W: 23 9/16 x D: 1/4 in. (73.8 x 59.9 x 0.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] On the parapet in the lower foreground: SANCTVS BRVNO
med
oil on panel
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6625
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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