St. Helen, St. Barbara, St. Andrew, St. Macarius, another Saint and a Worshipper Adore the Cross
Technical Details
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Title
St. Helen, St. Barbara, St. Andrew, St. Macarius, another Saint and a Worshipper Adore the Cross -
Author
Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) -
Year
c. 1560 -
Dimensions
cm 275 x 165 -
Inventory
149 -
Room
IX
This altarpiece, which once graced the now destroyed church of Santa Croce, was one of the first works to enter Brera. We do not know why Milan ended up hosting a work by a Venetian painter whose links with the Lombard capital were tenuous at best, or indeed who the patron depicted on the right of the altarpiece was. The rather conventional composition is noteworthy chiefly for the meticulous, human portrayal of the patron and of his anonymous patron saint.
