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St. Julian

Technical Details
  • Title
    St. Julian
  • Author
    Bonifacio Bembo
  • Year
    c. 1450
  • Dimensions
    cm 85 x 28
  • Inventory
    2329
  • Room
    X

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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