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Saint Zeno exorcising the Daughter of the Emperor Gallienus: Predella Panel

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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A bishop saint – Saint Zeno, Bishop of Verona in the fourth century – is exorcising a demon from a young girl; you can see the little black figure jumping out of her mouth. Her parents watch anxiously. Her father, wearing a crown, kneels beside her: he is Emperor Gallienus. According to Zeno’s legend, after the saint drove this demon out the emperor allowed Zeno and all other Christians freedom to follow their religion in the Roman Empire.

This is one of five scenes from the predella, the bottom tier, of the Pistoia Santa Trinità Altarpiece, also in the National Gallery. It was made for a confraternity of priests in Pistoia (Zeno was patron of Pistoia Cathedral). The altarpiece was begun by Pesellino and completed after his death in 1457 by Fra Filippo Lippi – the predella scenes are probably by Lippi.

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Title

Saint Zeno exorcising the Daughter of the Emperor Gallienus: Predella Panel

Date

1455-60

Medium

Egg tempera, tempera grassa and oil on wood

Measurements

H 27.5 x W 39 cm

Accession number

NG4868.3

Acquisition method

Presented by Mr and Mrs Felix M. Warburg through The Art Fund, 1937

Work type

Painting

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