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Saint Bernardino of Siena

Italian 15th Century

1475

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Renaissance Renaissance Religious

Dominant colour

Saint Bernardino of Siena is a 1475 ink by Italian 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Italian 15th Century
When & what style?: 1475 · Renaissance
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This black-and-white image shows a robed man holding a glowing circle with rays. He’s standing in front of a small town with church buildings. Two people kneel near him—one looks up, the other points at the circle. The man holds a book with text in his other hand, and a chain dangles from his wrist. The glowing circle has a cross inside it, and the text around it reads like a religious phrase. The buildings in the background are simple, with pointed roofs and crosses on top. This is made using the technique: woodcut.

About the artist

Artist

Italian 15th Century

This anonymous Italian engraver from the 1490s carved images that could be peeled apart like paper dolls—each knot in the "First Knot" print was cut from a single sheet so you could lift the loops right off the page.

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