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Storie di san giuliano
Storie di san giuliano is a paint painting by the Byzantine icon painting artist Agnolo Gaddi. It is held in the collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections.
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Technique & Style
Stylistically, the work adheres to late Gothic conventions: elongated proportions, courtly elegance, and a narrative clarity suited to devotional use.
The Storie di san giuliano is executed in tempera on poplar panel, a common medium for late fourteenth-century Florentine panel painting. The support comprises a single poplar plank, prepared with a gesso ground to receive the paint layers. Handling is consistent with Agnolo Gaddi’s workshop practice, featuring delicate, linear figural drawing and controlled, hatching-filled drapery folds that define spatial recession.
Pigment application is thin and translucent in passages such as flesh modeling, while opaque, saturated hues, particularly in the saint’s drapery and architectural motifs, create strong local color contrasts. Stylistically, the work adheres to late Gothic conventions: elongated proportions, courtly elegance, and a narrative clarity suited to devotional use. The palette includes vermilion, ultramarine, malachite green, and lead-tin yellow, applied in smooth, evenly bound layers typical of the period.
History & Provenance
The panel painting Storie di san giuliano was created by Agnolo Gaddi, with a specific inception date recorded as 1394. Executed in paint on a poplar panel, the work depicts the life of Julian the Hospitaller and falls within the genre of religious art. The piece is currently held by the Bavarian State Painting Collections at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.
While the primary creation date is established as 1394, some records also associate an inception timeframe extending to the year 1400. The work has been recognized in major exhibitions, including Florence and its Painters: From Giotto to Leonardo da Vinci.
Overview
Storie di san giuliano is a painting created by Agnolo Gaddi in 1398. It is a work of religious art, executed in paint.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a scene from the life of Julian the Hospitaller, a saint. A haloed figure, likely Julian, is shown stepping forward, staff in hand, accompanied by a praying woman. The scene is set against a landscape with a building, trees, and mountains.
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Agnolo Gaddi (c.1350–1396) was an Italian painter. He was born and died in Florence, and was the son of the painter Taddeo Gaddi, who was himself the major pupil of the Florentine master Giotto. Agnolo was a painter…
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