Saint Bruno

Description 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.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
12/31/1969	Examination	examined for condition
12/31/1969	Treatment	coated; inpainted; surface cleaned
9/23/1960	Treatment	coated
11/12/1960	Treatment	cleaned; loss compensation; coated; repaired
8/31/1966	Treatment	repaired
8/01/1985	Treatment	cleaned; loss compensation; coated
8/26/1985	Examination	examined for condition

Provenance 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.

Inscriptions [Transcription] On the parapet in the lower foreground: SANCTVS BRVNO

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902