The Blessed Andrea Gallerani
Carlo Crivelli, The Blessed Andrea Gallerani, 1490, tempera on wood, Gift of The Samuel H. Kress Foundation, public domain, 61.31
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- Title
The Blessed Andrea Gallerani
- Artist
- Date
1490
- Period
High Renaissance (late 15th-1520s)
- Medium
tempera on wood
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
19 in x 5 3/4 in
- Collection Area
European Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
Italian
- Credit Line
Gift of The Samuel H. Kress Foundation
- Accession Number
61.31
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
These two panels [61.30 and 61.31] formed part of a large altarpiece. Such multi-panel works, called polyptychs, were Crivelli's specialty and much appreciated by his patrons. A native of Venice, his conviction on an adultery charge caused him to relocate from the urbane Venice to the provinces along the Adriatic coast. While his more avant-garde contemporaries explored illusionistic perspective, Crivelli carried on the Gothic tradition, which we see here in the arched panels with their gold grounds. Despite his conservatism, he developed a highly personal style of rendering figures with intense expressions, long-fingered hands, and big knobby-toed feet, bringing an arresting realism to his work.
