MAKE A MEME View Large Image Bartolomeo di Tommaso da Foligno - The Funeral of Saint Francis of Assisi - Walters 37456.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Bartolomeo di Tommaso da Foligno A narrative panel from an altarpiece devoted to Saint Francis this image ...
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Keywords: Bartolomeo di Tommaso da Foligno - The Funeral of Saint Francis of Assisi - Walters 37456.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Bartolomeo di Tommaso da Foligno A narrative panel from an altarpiece devoted to Saint Francis this image combines the funeral of the saint died 1226 with his canonization by Pope Gregory IX in 1228 The saint's body lies on a bier surrounded by a mourning crowd The laymen include fashionably dressed young men along with the lame and blind who seek a miraculous cure by touching the saint's dead body To the right the seated pope writes the decree of canonization The careful attention to fashion vivid colors and animated expressions are characteristic of the International Gothic style Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 97 151-154 ca 1430 late Medieval tempera wood Painted surface cm 23 8 49 3 ; Panel H including added strips on both sides 9 15/16 x W 20 x D 1 in 25 2 x 50 8 x 2 5 cm ; Mount cm 34 9 60 4 5 4 accession number 37 456 5301 Charles Woodyat Naples date and mode of acquisition unknown Charles Woodyat Sale Tavazzi and Jandolo Rome April 15-19 1912 no 394 as Benozzo Gozzoli A S Drey Munich and New York date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore April 24 1915 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1915 The International Style The Arts in Europe Around 1400 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1962 God's Minstrel St Francis of Assisi The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1982 place of origin Umbria Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Bartolomeo di Tommaso da Foligno Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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