Saint Zenobius Resuscitating a Dead Child
These four panels were commissioned in the 1460s by the Alessandri family in Florence in order to update a Gothic-style altarpiece painted 150 years earlier in the church of San Pier Maggiore. In them, the fifth-century bishop of Florence resuscitates a dead child on the square in front of San Pier Maggiore; the magician Simon Magus crashes to the ground at the feet of Emperor Nero when Saint Peter commands the demons who suspended him in midair to let him go; Saint Paul falls from his horse at the apparition of Christ; and Totila, king of the Goths, asks the blessing of Saint Benedict. From his work with Fra Angelico and the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti, Gozzoli evolved a style of great charm and narrative engagement.
Artwork Details
- Title: Saint Zenobius Resuscitating a Dead Child
- Artist: Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro) (Italian, Florence ca. 1420–1497 Pistoia)
- Medium: Tempera on wood
- Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 18 in. (39.4 x 45.7 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1915
- Object Number: 15.106.3
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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