Saints Roch, Anthony Abbot and Lucy

Three Saints

Saints Roch, Anthony Abbot and Lucy or Three Saints is a 1513 oil on panel painting by Cima da Conegliano, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[1] It was painted in Parma, where it may have provided one of the inspirations for Correggio's Four Saints. As its name suggests, it shows saint Anthony Abbot flanked by saint Roch and saint Lucy. Since St Anthony is in the centre and since St Roch is a patron saint of plague sufferers, it may have been commissioned for the Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony, who ministered to plague victims. It was later misattributed to Giovanni Bellini and as such was owned by Josephine Bonaparte.

References

  1. ↑ "Cima da Conegliano (Giovanni Battista Cima) - Three Saints: Roch, Anthony Abbot, and Lucy - The Met". The Metropolitan Museum of Art, i.e. The Met Museum. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.