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ID number: BIRBI-38.12 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Simone, Martini (c.1284-1344) Title / Object name: St John the Evangelist Object type: Painting Place made: Siena Culture: Italian Date made: 1320 Materials: Tempera on wood (hardwood poplar) prepared with gesso on a canvas base Measurements: including integral frame: 41.7 x 30.3 cm; outer frame: 53.3 x 41.9 x 5.5cm Provenance: Mme. Maria Berghoff, Paris; purchased from Mr Edward Hutton in 1938 for £4,500. |
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This originally formed the right-hand panel of three - a triptych. The others would have shown the dead Christ in the centre, with the grieving Virgin Mary to the left. Saint John’s sorrow was a reaction to Christ’s death. The panels could be folded up and used as a private and portable devotional aid on journeys. Inscriptions / Translations: Inscribed I.c.: Anno. dñi. M.CCC.XX Notes: Exhibited: National Gallery, London, UK, 1939; 'The Art of Painting in Florence and Siena from 1250 to 1500', Wildenstein Gallery, London, UK, 24 February 1964 - 10 April 1964, no. 77; 'Birth of a collection: Masterpieces from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts', National Gallery, London, UK, 22 May 2013 - 01 September 2013; 'Pietro Lorenzetti: Siena to Hull: A Masterpiece Revisited', Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK, 09 January 2017 - 23 April 2017 |
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1 Related People | |
| Simone, Martini Italian c. 1284 1344 | |
2 Related Publications | |
| Simone Martini Martindale, A. 1988 | |
| Painted Piety: Panel Paintings for Personal Devotion in Tuscany, 1250-1400 Schmidt, Victor M. Centro Di 2005 | |
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