St Bernardino of Siena with Angels
Technical Details
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Title
St Bernardino of Siena with Angels -
Author
Andrea Mantegna -
Year
1469 -
Dimensions
cm 385 x 220 -
Inventory
188 -
Room
VIII
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This is Mantegna ‘s first single-space altarpiece and may have been commissioned by Ludovico Gonzaga shortly after the canonisation of the saint (in 1459) to whom the iscription on the architrave – HUIUS LINGUA SALUS HOMINUM (his tongue is the salvation of men) – celebrating his truly effective preaching alludes. Mantegna painted the picture with the help of an assistant but the design of the architecture, which probably matched the altarpiece’s original frame, is by the master’s own hand.
