Saint Gaudioso

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This painting is part of Romanino’s high altarpiece for S. Alessandro in Brescia. It depicts Saint Gaudioso and is situated to the left of an image of the Nativity, above a panel of Saint Alexander.

Saint Gaudioso was included in the altarpiece as he was a fifth-century bishop of Brescia. He died in about 445 but his bones were rediscovered in 1454, when the church of S. Alessandro was under construction, and were conserved as a relic in one of the altars. He wears his bishop’s mitre and a large oval morse fastens the jewelled border of his cope. The figures on the morse probably represent the two persons of the Trinity – God and Christ. The face of Saint Gaudioso may be a portrait of a distinguished churchman of Romanino’s own day.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Saint Gaudioso

Date

about 1524

Medium

Oil on wood

Measurements

H 74.2 x W 65.2 cm

Accession number

NG297.4

Acquisition method

Bought, 1857

Work type

Painting

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