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DiaporamaAn Episode from the Life of Saint Giovanni Gualberto
147.0 x 72.0 cm
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini (1368 – 1415)
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini (1368-1415): Florentine late Gothic painter influenced by Giotto & Orcagna. Explore his frescoes, altarpieces, and collaborations with Jacopo di Cione.
Giovanni Gualberto, the founder of the Vallombrosan branch of the Benedictine order, stands before a crucifix with his brother’s murderer kneeling beside him. Instead of avenging his brother’s death, the saint forgave the murderer, and the image of the crucified Christ is said to have nodded in approval of this act of charity. The picture was probably painted for a Vallombrosan church, but its composition seems to derive from a scene by Giovanni del Biondo in an altarpiece in Santa Croce, Florence. It dates from the last years of the fourteenth century.
About this artwork
- Title: An Episode from the Life of Saint Giovanni Gualberto
- Artist: Niccolò di Pietro Gerini
- Original dimensions: 147.0 x 72.0 cm
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Color hue: Golden Yellow Range
- Perceived brightness: deep_shadow
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