Hebrew Prophet
Artist
Giovanni del Biondo
(Italian, active 1356-died 1399)
Date1365-1370
Object number62.0257
Mediumtempera on panel
Dimensions13 3/4 × 7 in. (35 × 17.8 cm)
frame: 26 × 11 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (66 × 28.6 × 5.7 cm)
frame: 26 × 11 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (66 × 28.6 × 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
Collections
DescriptionThis painting is one of two representations of Hebrew prophets that were part of an altarpiece dedicated to the Virgin in her role as the mother of Christ, commissioned for the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in the town of San Giovanni Valdarno in Italy. The figure of the prophet reminded spectators that the conception of Christ had been announced in the Old Testament.
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