Vision des hl. Bernhard,

um 1490/94

Material / Technology / Carrier

Pappelholz (Populus sp.)

Dimensions of the object

173 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal IV

Department

Italienische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

WAF 764

Acquisition

1829/30 für König Ludwig I. aus dem Hause Capponi in Florenz erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Pietro Perugino, Vision des hl. Bernhard, um 1490/94, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/QrLW3jmLNO (Last updated on 28.08.2023)

The brothers Bernardo and Filippo Nasi commissioned this altarpiece for their chapel in the Cistercian church of Santa Maria Maddalena di Cestello in Florence. Accompanied by angels, the Mother of God, depicted in a classical contrapposto pose and with a pointing finger and instructing manner, appears before the saint who submissively raises his hands as a gesture of greeting. With his idealised, harmonious compositions and his supreme skill in painting in oil, the master who came from Perugia and who taught Raphael was especially highly esteemed in Florence.