Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Saint James the Great

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European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection

Saint James the Great

Panel from an altarpiece; companion to John G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art (Cat. 156)

Made in Venice, Italy, Europe

c. 1470-75

Bartolomeo Vivarini, Italian (active Venice), signed works 1450 - 1490

Tempera and tooled gold on panel
39 7/8 x 11 15/16 inches (101.3 x 30.3 cm)

* Gallery 213a, European Art 1100-1500, second floor

Cat. 155

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

Label

Bartolomeo Vivarini was the younger brother and partner of Antonio Vivarini, whose painting Saint Bernardino of Siena is also in the Museum's collection. Bartolomeo's expressive rendering of anatomy, drapery, and marble floors contrasts sharply with his older brother's simpler style and reflects the influence of the great Renaissance artist Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431-1506).

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