Saint 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.
Биччи Ди Лоренцо (1350 – 1427)
Лоренцо ди Биччи (ок. 1350–1427) — ключевой флорентийский мастер, известный яркими цветами и религиозными работами для гильдий и духовенства. Важная фигура искусства XIV века, повлиявшая на таких художников, как Якопо ди Чоне.
Об этом произведении
- Название: Saint Nicholas Resuscitating Three Youths
- Художник: Биччи Ди Лоренцо
- Год: 1433
- Размер оригинала: 31.0 x 57.0 cm
- Формат: Panoramic
- Правовой статус: Общественное достояние
- Динамика: Early Renaissance
- Цветовая палитра: Dark
- Основной цвет: Phthalo Green
- Ключевые слова: bicci di lorenzo , saint nicholas art , italian art history