The Death of the Blessed Filippo Benizzi
Predella panel; a companion panel is in the Slezské Museum, Opava, Czech Republic (D5 77)
Niccolò Giolfino, Italian (active Verona), 1476 - 1555
Geography:
Made in Verona, Italy, Europe
Date:
1515Medium:
Oil on panelDimensions:
12 5/16 x 19 3/16 inches (31.3 x 49.7 cm)Curatorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Cat. 247Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
Made in Verona, Italy, Europe
Date:
1515Medium:
Oil on panelDimensions:
12 5/16 x 19 3/16 inches (31.3 x 49.7 cm)Curatorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:Cat. 247Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
Label:
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.
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.
