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This painting was once part of a sequence of small panels, known as a 'predella', which were positioned under a large altarpiece. Seven of the original eight panels are now known but the large altarpiece under which they were placed has not yet been firmly identified. As the Bishop Saint is facing towards the left, it is likely that he would have been placed on the right looking inwards towards the central panel of 'The Nativity' (Philadelphia Museum of Art). Lisa Venturini (1992) has suggested that this group of predella panels may have been for a now destroyed altarpiece by Domenico (1449–1494) and David Ghirlandaio (1452–1525). This altarpiece was a commission from the friars of the Convent of San Francesco al Palco, close to Prato in Italy, for their high altar.
Bartolomeo di Giovanni was a talented artist in the Ghirlandaio workshop, with whom he worked closely throughout his career. His collaborative spirit also extended to working with Pinturicchio in Rome, as well as Sandro Botticelli, whose influence upon him is frequently noted. Few of his paintings have been identified, and the Ferens work forms an important part of his surviving oeuvre.
Title
A Bishop Saint
Date
c.1490–1492
Medium
tempera on panel
Measurements
H 21.9 x W 21.6 cm
Accession number
KINCM:2005.4728
Acquisition method
purchased from F. H. Simpson, 1964
Work type
Painting
Ferens Art Gallery
Queen Victoria Square, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire HU1 3RA England
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