Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Scenes from the Life of Saint Columba
Alternate Title:
Storie di Santa Colomba
Image View:
Panel; St. Columba before the Emperor Aurelian, detail
Creator:
Giovanni Baronzio (Italian painter, died ca. 1362)
Location:
repository: Brera Museum (Milan, Lombardy, Italy) 2345; 2346; 2347
Location Note:
Via Brera 28
GPS:
45.471944 9.188056
Date:
ca. 1345-1350 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera on wood panel
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
53 cm (height, each panel) x 55 cm (width, each panel)
Subjects:
cycles or series; saints; Riminese
Description:
These panels show three scenes from the life of St. Columba. In the first she defends her Christian faith in front of the emperor Aurelian, in the second she tames the bear brought to kill her and the bear, shown as a kind of teddy bear, attacks the man who had brought him. In the end, the only option is to behead her. Baronzio is considered the most famous painter of 14th century Rimini, and the panels, painted around 1345, may have belonged to an altarpiece of the Cathedral of Rimini. (Source: Brera Pinacoteca [website]; http://pinacotecabre ra.org/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-BARONZIO-SSC-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Scenes from the Life of Saint Columba