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Saint Sabinus (?)

Sano di Pietro (AKA Ansano di Pietro de Mencio), Italian, (1405–1481)

Creation date: ca. 1450-1460

Creation place: Italy

Other Information

Type: Tempera Painting

Medium and Support: Tempera on panel

Credit Line: Gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam and commemorating the Silver Jubilee Celebration of Fine Arts Society

Accession Number: 1950.106

State/Province: Siena

Dimensions: 17 7/8 in. x 14 1/2 in. x 3 in. (45.4 cm x 36.83 cm x 7.62 cm)

Currently on view

Provenance

Dan Fellows Platt, Englewood, New Jersey ( - October 15, 1943)

Jacob M. Heimann, New York, New York (October 15, 1943 - 1950)

Anne R. and Amy Putnam, San Diego, California (1950 - 1950)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (1950 - )

Label Copy

Although this bishop saint and the similar panel of Saint Catherine of Siena (1950:39) were separated at some point in their history and came to the Museum from different donors, they are probably parts from a single altarpiece, for they show half-length saints at the same scale, and they include the same pattern of punchwork ornamentation in the haloes. The bishop saint is perhaps to be identified as Saint Sabinus, who like Saint Catherine is one of the patron saints of Siena. They are the work of Sano di Pietro. He was among the most prolific artists in early 15th-century Siena, fesponsible for illuminated manuscripts as well as devotional panels and altarpieces. Like many of his contemporaries in Siena, he tended to cast his figures in a timeless, almost archaic style, often against richly patterned gold backgrounds.
Last Updated: 1/4/2010

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Art of Devotion The San Diego Museum of Art , 1/28/2016 - 00/00/00

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 182

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 456

Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
Page Number: 632

The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego Catalogue: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1960
Page Number: 58

Related Siblings(s) Click a record to view

Saint Catherine of Siena
1950.39

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European Art before 1900

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