Artist:
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Vincenzo Foppa
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Title:
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Saint Sirus
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Date:
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1450-1460
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Medium:
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Tempera on panel
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Dimensions:
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21 5/8 x 12 in. (54.93 x 30.48 cm) (image)
21 5/8 x 12 9/16 x 1 1/4 in. (54.93 x 31.91 x 3.18 cm) (panel)
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Credit Line:
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The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 343
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During the Renaissance, altarpieces commonly portrayed biblical scenes, such as Madonna and Child, examples of which are in this gallery. These two paintings, Saint Sirus and Saint Paul, were likely part of a larger altarpiece made up of many panels, called a polyptych. The presence of a saint on an altarpiece could have a number of meanings. The saint could be the patron saint of the church or city that housed the altarpiece, for example. The key to identifying saints is to look closely at the attributes shown with them. Saint Sirus wears a mitre, the pointed headpiece, and holds a crozier, or ceremonial staff. These attributes indicate Saint Sirus was a bishop. Saint Paul is shown with his usual physical characteristics-receding hairline and long, brown beard; he is also holding a sword, his personal attribute.
Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Foppa, Vincenzo
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Nationality:
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Italian (Brescia)
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Life Dates:
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Italian (Brescia), 1427 - about 1515
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Physical Description:
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a pair with Saint Paul (66.37.2); probably they were the lateral wings of a triptych dedicated to the Virgin Mary; arched top.
Likely they were panels in a larger polyptych; not necessarily a triptych as there is no indication of them being wings.
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Italy, Northern, , Brescia
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Accession #:
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66.37.1
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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