Scenes from the Life of St. Columba
Technical Details
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Title
Scenes from the Life of St. Columba -
Author
Giovanni Baronzio -
Year
1345 - 50 -
Dimensions
cm 53 x 55 -
Inventory
2345 - 2346 - 2347 -
Room
II
These panels show three scenes from the life of St. Columba. In the first she defends her Christian faith in front of the emperor Aurelian, in the second she tames the bear brought to kill her and the bear, shown as a kind of teddy bear, attacks the man who had brought him. In the end, the only option is to behead her. Baronzio is considered the most famous painter of 14th century Rimini, and the panels, painted around 1345, may have belonged to an altarpiece of the Cathedral of Rimini.