MAKE A MEME View Large Image Pietro da Rimini - The Blessing Christ, the Mourning Virgin, the Mourning St John the Evangelist - Walters 37634.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Pietro da Rimini These fragments originally adorned a monumental crucifix The Blessing ...
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Keywords: Pietro da Rimini - The Blessing Christ, the Mourning Virgin, the Mourning St John the Evangelist - Walters 37634.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Pietro da Rimini These fragments originally adorned a monumental crucifix The Blessing Christ would have appeared at the top while Mary and John the Evangelist would have occupied the left and right ends of the cross's horizontal beam Pietro da Rimini imitated the naturalistic figural style of Giotto the famed Florentine painter but also excelled at combining dazzling colors and stylized expressions for dramatic effect The exaggerated facial features of Pietro da Rimini's figures ensured that their expressions would be comprehensible even when suspended high above the floor In a recent innovation that demanded the worshiper's imagination the open mouths of Mary and St John suggest the sound of their lamentation For more information on these fragments please see Zeri catalogue number 36 pp 60-61 between 1340 1349 Medieval tempera tooled gold panel Christ painted surface cm 45 3 41 2 3 8 ; The Virgin painted surface cm 43 7 40 3 2 ; St John painted surface cm 45 4 40 2 3 8 Overall cm 45 24 41 12 accession number 37 634 22647 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1881 catalogue no 6 7 and 8 as Cimabue 1897 catalogue no 39 as Giotto Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Rimini Italy Walters Art Museum license 3D Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Pietro da Rimini Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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