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DiaporamaSaint Mark the Evangelist and Saint Sinibaldus Venerated by Members of a Lay Confraternity
1425
29.0 x 21.0 cm
cristoforo cortese (? – 1445)
Discover cristoforo cortese, a renowned 15th-century Venetian miniaturist and illuminator. Pioneering late Gothic and early Renaissance styles, his masterpieces showcase religious and secular themes. Explore his legacy now.
This leaf was an opening page of a mariegola, or register, painted by Cristoforo Cortese, the most famous and prolific Venetian illuminator of the first half of the fifteenth century, for a German confraternity in Venice. The lay members of this confraternity are shown kneeling at the feet of Saint Mark, patron saint of Venice, and Saint Sinibaldus, patron saint of Nuremberg, holding his characteristic attribute of a pilgrim’s staff and a model of the church dedicated to him in that city. By 1400, with the expansion of German business in Venice, there were several confraternities of German merchants that became influential art patrons.
About this artwork
- Title: Saint Mark the Evangelist and Saint Sinibaldus Venerated by Members of a Lay Confraternity
- Artist: cristoforo cortese
- Year: 1425
- Original dimensions: 29.0 x 21.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Color intensity: Balanced
- Perceived brightness: brilliant
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