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Saint Bernardino

ca. 1460–70
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 956
San Bernardino, an important fifteenth-century Franciscan preacher, is portrayed wearing the habit of his order while holding a tablet inscribed with the sacred mongram YHS, surrounded by the inscription IN NOMINE YHV/ OMNE. GENV. / FLETATUR./ CELESTIUM/ TERESTI ET INFERNORV. The reverse is gessoed and painted off-white, suggesting that the panel was designed for private devotional use and did not form part of the pillasters or predella of an altarpiece. The panel was likely painted by a member of Sano di Pietro's workshop, one of the most prolific of Renaissance Siena.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saint Bernardino
  • Artist: Workshop of Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio) (Italian, Siena 1405–1481 Siena)
  • Date: ca. 1460–70
  • Medium: Tempera and gold on wood
  • Dimensions: Overall: 7 in. × 4 1/8 in. (17.8 × 10.5 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.45
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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