Gallery 310, European Art 1100-1500, third floor (Giorgi Family Foundation Gallery)
Main Building
Gallery 310, European Art 1100-1500, third floor (Giorgi Family Foundation Gallery)
Main Building
This panel illustrates a story of four Middle Eastern Christian sculptors, known as the Crowned Martyrs, who refused to carve pagan images for the Roman emperor Diocletian. In the upper left, Christ comes to comfort them during their torture, while below, devils strangle the Roman official Lampadius, who ordered the punishment.
The Four Crowned Martyrs were patron saints of the Florentine Guild of Stonemasons and Carpenters, which also included sculptors in their membership. The painting comes from an altarpiece the guild commissioned for its altar in the church of Orsanmichele in Florence.
Gallery 310, European Art 1100-1500, third floor (Giorgi Family Foundation Gallery)
| Title: | Scourging of the Four Crowned Martyrs |
| Date: | c. 1385-1390 |
| Artist: | Niccolò di Pietro Gerini (Italian (active Florence), first documented 1368, died 1415) |
| Medium: | Tempera, silver, and tooled gold on panel with vertical grain |
| Dimensions: | 23 13/16 x 17 inches (60.5 x 43.2 cm) |
| Classification: | Paintings |
| Credit Line: | John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 |
| Accession Number: | Cat. 1163 |
| Geography: | Made in Italy, Europe |
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Gallery 310, European Art 1100-1500, third floor (Giorgi Family Foundation Gallery)
Main Building