Flesh and Fabric: New Light on a Crucifixion by Pietro Lorenzetti
By Harvard Art Museums
Among the museums’ collection of early Italian paintings, a panel by Pietro Lorenzetti stands out for its previously overlooked imagery.
.: Sun, October 16 2022 2pm – 3pm.
The lecture will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Doors will open at 1:30pm.
Ages: Adults.
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Cambridge, MA 02138
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At the top of a painting of a Crucifixion by Pietro Lorenzetti (c. 1280–1348), an angel holds in one hand an unfurled scroll and in the other a bloody tunic. Never previously noted, let alone explained, this unique combination of motifs provides the key to understanding the panel’s unusual imagery. It sheds fresh light on the complex nexus between art, piety, and theology in 14th-century Italy, in particular at Assisi—the site of the mother house of the Franciscan order, where the panel most likely was made.
Last updated अक्टोबर 13, 2022.
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