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Aimo and Vermondo Holding Up the Church of Saint Victor

Anovelo da Imbonateabout 1400

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Aimo and Vermando hold up a small church within a crenellated walled enclosure. The scene is not recounting a feat of superhuman strength in which the two brothers lift up a building. Rather, the image represents the brothers' financing of a new church dedicated to Saint Victor in the town of Meda. After being saved from an attack of wild boars, the brothers donated money for this church as a way of giving thanks. It is in the church of Saint Victor that the two were eventually buried.

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  • Title: Aimo and Vermondo Holding Up the Church of Saint Victor
  • Creator: Anovelo da Imbonate
  • Date Created: about 1400
  • Location Created: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
  • Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 25.6 × 18.4 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/4 in.)
  • Type: Folio
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 87.MN.33.4v
  • Culture: Italian
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 26, fol. 4v
  • Creator Display Name: Attributed to Anovelo da Imbonate (Italian (Lombard), active about 1400)
  • Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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