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The Madonna and Child with Saints Peter and Paul Appearing to St Bruno

Valerio Castello (1624–1659)

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

The Madonna and Child with Saints Peter and Paul Appearing to St Bruno

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Saint Bruno (c.1030–1101) is shown to the left in the white habit of the Carthusian monks whose order he founded. In his vision he sees the Virgin and Child accompanied by Saints Peter and Paul. They are identified by their respective symbols – keys and a book. According to legend, Bruno rejected the position of bishop of Reggio, preferring a solitary life of prayer. The symbols of a bishop, the mitre and the crozier, refer to this. Castello was the leading painter in Genoa in the mid-seventeenth century.

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Title

The Madonna and Child with Saints Peter and Paul Appearing to St Bruno

Date

probably 1650s

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 118 x W 145.5 cm

Accession number

61.2

Acquisition method

purchased, 1961

Work type

Painting

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University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TS England

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Valerio Castello

1624–1659

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