Saint Nicholas of Bari
mid-1430s
Medium
Tempera on panel
Dimensions
Engaged Frame: 29.7 x 13.4 in. (75.4 x 34.0 cm) Painted Surface: 9 5/8 x 2 15/16 in. (24.5 x 7.5 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.28B
Tags
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,Saint Nicholas of Bari* is a delicate tempera on panel by the Sienese painter Pietro di d'Ambrogio, created in the mid-1430s. Measuring just 9⅝ × 2¹⁵∕₁₆ inches on its painted surface—framed within a taller engaged frame—this narrow, vertical work exemplifies the intimate scale of private devotional art from Renaissance Italy. Tempera, an egg-based medium applied in thin, luminous layers on wood panel, allowed for exquisite detail and vibrant colors that glow with a jewel-like quality, a hallmark of Sienese painting durin...
About the Artist
Pietro di Giovanni d'Ambrogio · 1409–1449
Comment on works: religious