Virgin of Humility and Saint Jerome Translating the Gospel of John

Gallery 311, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

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Virgin of Humility and Saint Jerome Translating the Gospel of John

c. 1400-1405

Attributed to Benedetto di Bindo, also called Benedetto di Bindo Zoppo (Italian (active Siena and Perugia), first securely documented 1409, died 1417)

On the right panel of this diptych, or two-paneled, folding painting, Saint Jerome translates the Gospel of John from Greek to Latin. The Latin is carefully inscribed in the lower book, but the artist must have been less familiar with Greek, for the upper book contains gibberish.

Gallery 311, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

Object Details

Title:

Virgin of Humility and Saint Jerome Translating the Gospel of John

Date:

c. 1400-1405

Artist:

Attributed to Benedetto di Bindo, also called Benedetto di Bindo Zoppo (Italian (active Siena and Perugia), first securely documented 1409, died 1417)

Medium:

Egg tempera, silver, and tooled gold on panel with vertical grain

Dimensions:

Left: 12 × 8 7/8 × 7/8 inches (30.5 × 22.5 × 2.2 cm) Right: 11 7/8 × 8 3/8 × 7/8 inches (30.2 × 21.3 × 2.2 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

Accession Number:

Cat. 153

Geography:

Made in Siena, Italy, Europe

Provenance

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Gallery 311, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

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