The Death of the Blessed Filippo Benizzi

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The Death of the Blessed Filippo Benizzi

1515

Niccolò Giolfino (Italian (active Verona), 1476–1555)

Saint Filippo Benizzi was a thirteenth-century holy man of the Servite order. His cult was popular from the 1200s but was not officially approved by the Church until 1515 (the year this picture was painted); he was not canonized (made a saint) until 1671. Here he is shown with the golden rays of the blessed. The panel was painted for a lost altarpiece for the chapel of Arnolfo de Arcolis in the Servite church of Verona, Italy.

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Object Details

Title:

The Death of the Blessed Filippo Benizzi

Date:

1515

Artist:

Niccolò Giolfino (Italian (active Verona), 1476–1555)

Medium:

Oil on panel

Dimensions:

12 5/16 x 19 3/16 inches (31.3 x 49.7 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

Accession Number:

Cat. 247

Geography:

Made in Verona, Italy, Europe

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