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Saint Bruno
(Renaissance Europe )
The inscription on the ledge identifies the subject as St. Bruno of Cologne (ca. 1035-1101), the founder of the Carthusian monastic order. He was canonized, or sainted, by Pope Leo X in 1514. Although the artist did not know what St. Bruno actually looked like, he created an individualized portrait with hollow cheeks and large eyes. These features, along with the landscape, make the saint seem quite real to the viewer.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1881 catalogue: no. 122; 1897 catalogue: no. 278, as St. Bruno by Garofalo]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | examined for condition | |
| Treatment | coated; inpainted; surface cleaned | |
| 9/23/1960 | Treatment | coated |
| 11/12/1960 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; coated; repaired |
| 8/31/1966 | Treatment | repaired |
| 8/1/1985 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; coated |
| 8/26/1985 | Examination | examined for condition |
Geographies
Italy, Emilia-Romagna (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Painted surface H: 29 1/16 x W: 23 9/16 x D: 1/4 in. (73.8 x 59.9 x 0.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.423