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Saints Augustine and Peter
Paolo Veneziano (Italian, active 1333–1358)LinkedCulture matchlcp-29a073c35ce7
- Date
- c. 1350
- Medium
- Tempera on panel
- Culture
- Venice
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 8034
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Saints Augustine and Peter and Saints John the Baptist and Catherine of Alexandria —identifiable by their clothing, attributes, and Latin inscriptions—once flanked a larger central image, probably of a Virgin and Child. The frames were made in the early 20th century, but they reflect the architectural style and motifs typical of 14th century Venetian altarpieces. The leading Venetian painter of his time, Paolo Veneziano combined sinuous Gothic contours, sumptuous textile patterns, and severe facial types influenced by contemporary Byzantine art. This mix of styles reflects Venice’s role as the center of a vast trade network encompassing Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire and extending as far as East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Charles V. Hickox
- Provenance
- Grimaldi, Venice (according to the Roerich Museum sale catalogue); The Roerich Museum, New York; sold American Art Association, New York, March 28, 1930, no. 151 (ill.), as Lorenzo Veneziano, to Robert B. Harshe acting on behalf of Catherine Barker Spaulding Hickox (Harshe was listed as the buyer in the published results of the Roerich sale); Catherine Barker Spaulding Hickox, Michigan City, Indiana, and New York, 1930–58; on loan to the Art Institute from 1932; given to the Art Institute, 1958.
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- Object type
- AAT300033618
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