San Leonardo

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

This 16th-century work from the Florentine school depicts Leonard of Noblac (traditionally thought to have died in 559), who is associated with the town and abbey of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat in the Limousin region of France. Leonard became one of the most venerated saints of the late Middle Ages. Among his miracles was the release of prisoners and as a result he is commonly depicted as an abbot holding chains, locks or manacles (as seen here).

Places

Subjects

devotional, male portrait, Renaissance, Italian, man, 16th century costume, fetters, saint

Materials & Techniques

panel, oil, oil painting

Artist

Agnolo, (circle) Bronzino

Title

San Leonardo

Date

c.1540-1572

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

height: 73.50 cm, width: 60.20 cm

Acquisition

Presented by Dora Polkinghorne, March 1963

Provenance

Collection of Miss Dora Annie Polkinghorne (1889-1991); presented to the British Consultate in Florence in 1963

GAC number

7856