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Leone Otasso and His Wife Presenting Their Sick Son to Saints Aimo and Vermondo; A Crowd of Lay Worshippers Giving Thanks
Creator
Anovelo da ImbonateItalian Illuminator · 1400–present
All works by this person →An illuminator and possibly a panel painter, Anovelo da Imbonate worked in Milan at the end of the 1300s and the beginning of the 1400s. In those years, the wealth, international connections, and intellectual sophistication of Milan's ruling family gave rise to a flourishing artistic culture. One of the artists working for these rulers developed a version of the International style influenced by F
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- about 1400
- Medium
- Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink
- Culture
- Italian
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 683dd687-960d-40d8-8842-54078f0317c5
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At the top, a father holds up his sick child while the couple prays to Aimo and Vermondo for a cure, which is granted. Below, people kneel in prayer before the two saints. Among these people are rich men and women in fancy robes, others in more humble dress, and robed nuns and tonsured clerics. Together they represent a relatively wide range of humanity in the context of Italy at that time. The center, however, is reserved for the very special people for whom the two saints were advocates and miracle workers: the blind--the figures shown with eyes closed--and the physically challenged--shown with crutches.
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