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Saints Lawrence, Christopher, Sebastian, and a Bishop Saint
(Renaissance Europe )
This painting is one of a series of similar panels that perhaps once formed the wings of a painted reliquary. The relics contained therein would have been those of the saints portrayed on the wings. On this panel, St. Lawrence and St. Sebastian are identified by the instruments of their martyrdom: the gridiron for Lawrence and the arrow for Sebastian. St. Christopher is portrayed ferrying the Christ child across the river as dictated by his legend.
Inscription
Provenance
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 56, as Giottino]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1962 | The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | examined for condition | |
| Technical Report | other | |
| 6/12/1952 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 7/2/1952 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 11/23/1953 | Treatment | loss compensation |
| 4/1/1959 | Treatment | coated; loss compensation; other |
| 3/31/1965 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 5/27/2009 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 4/22/2010 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; coated |
Geographies
Italy, Florence (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Panel H: 10 7/16 x W: 11 13/16 x D: 11/16 in. (26.5 x 30 x 1.7 cm); Painted surface H: 9 13/16 x W: 11 1/8 in. (25 x 28.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.746