These two panels are parts of a now dispersed polyptych painted by Bonifacio Bembo, a painter and illuminator awarded numerous prestigious commissions by the Sforza court whose ideals of courtly luxury he depicted. The pale, elegant saints outlined by a thin, soft silhouette are clad in complementary, jewel-like colours. The meticulous rendering of detail, from the clothing to the grass, still echoes the masterly naturalism of Gentile da Fabriano.
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St. Julian
AUTHOR Bonifacio Bembo
DATE c. 1450
OBJECT TYPE AND MATERIAL Tempera on panel
DIMENSIONS cm 85 x 28
INVENTORY 2329
ROOM X
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