This painting shows two men standing side by side, both partially turned to the right. The man on the left is reading a book and holding a wooden staff. He has a long white beard and wears a black robe and a red cap. The man on the right has a round, balding head with traces of gray hair above his ear, and his face is gaunt. He wears a brown robe and holds a large circular object with a yellow sun-like shape on a black background, some letters at the center and more words around the rim. Both men have pale skin and dark brown halos around their heads. The background shows tall red and gray…
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Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Bernardino of Siena

painter Jacopo Bellini (Venetian, c. 1390/1400 - 1470/1471)

1459

Medium
tempera on poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 110 x 57 cm (43 5/16 x 22 7/16 in.) ; framed: 127 x 74 x 9.8 cm (50 x 29 1/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
Culture
Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Anonymous Donor, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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