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DiaporamaSaint Nicholas Resuscitating Three Youths
Early Renaissance
1433
31.0 x 57.0 cm
In the top scene, Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra (270–343)—the original "Saint Nick"—is shown throwing three balls of gold through a window, providing the dowry of three poverty-stricken maidens. In the other painting he resuscitates three youths who had been pickled by an innkeeper during a famine (a story treated by Benjamin Britten in his 1948 cantata, Saint Nicholas).The panels formed the base (predella) of an altarpiece painted between 1433 and 1435 for a monastery in Florence. Their design was based on an altarpiece by Gentile da Fabriano of 1425.
bicci di lorenzo (1350 – 1427)
Lorenzo di Bicci (c. 1350-1427) was a pivotal Florentine painter known for bright colors, precise execution & devotional works commissioned by guilds & clergy. A key figure in 14th-century Italian art influencing artists like Jacopo di Cione.
About this artwork
- Title: Saint Nicholas Resuscitating Three Youths
- Artist: bicci di lorenzo
- Year: 1433
- Original dimensions: 31.0 x 57.0 cm
- Format: Panoramic
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Movement: Early Renaissance
- Color palette: Dark
- Main color: Phthalo Green
- Keywords: bicci di lorenzo , saint nicholas art , italian art history
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