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Charity of Saint Benedict
Ambrogio Bergognone1490
Sforzesco Castle
Milan, Italy
The panel, together with two other episodes from the life of St. Benedict, made up the predella of an altarpiece painted by Bergognone in 1490 for an altar in the Charterhouse of Pavia. The scene is depicted with lively narrative and calibrated harmony of colours.
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Details
- Title: Charity of Saint Benedict
- Creator: Ambrogio da Fossano, known as Bergognone
- Date Created: 1490
- Location: Castello Sforzesco, Pinacoteca, Milan
- Physical Dimensions: 27,5 x 29 cm
- Provenance: Purchase of 1914, A. G. Bianchi
- Type: Painting
- Rights: Comune di Milano - Civiche Raccolte Artistiche, Castello Sforzesco, Milano
- External Link: https://pinacoteca.milanocastello.it/
- Medium: Tempera and oil on panel
- Art Genre: Sacred art
- Art Form: Painting
- Original title: Elemosina di san Benedetto
- Artist Nationality: Italian
- Artist Death Place: Milan
- Artist Death Date: 1523
- Artist Birth Place: Milan (?)
- Artist Birth Date: 1453 approx.
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