S. Zaccaria, Venice, Italy
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Altarpiece of Saint Sabina: detail of Angel, This image shows the center panel of the upper tier from the two-tiered altarpiece of St. Sabina. Depicted in this panel is an angel holding a banner, which reads, "Hic est sanguinis Xpi" (This is the blood of Christ), referring to the hinged compartment in the altarpiece which holds a blood reliquary., 1443, Photographed in 1910-1940
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0153; Public Notes: The altarpiece was "commissioned by Margherita Donato, a camerlenga of the convent. It cost 83 ducats" (Savage 2012). Also there is a hinged compartment in the altarpiece for the blood reliquary (blood of Christ).
Altarpiece of Saint Sabina: detail of Saint Lizerio, This image shows the lower-right panel of a two-tiered altarpiece. In this panel, St. Lizerio "a Spanish soldier who was bludgeoned to death with hammers and whose body was reputed to have been brought to San Zaccaria" is depicted. He is seen in full-length view, and holds a martyr's palm and hammers. He dressed in soldier's garb., 1443, Photographed in 1910-1940
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0152; Public Notes: The altarpiece was "commissioned by Margherita Donato, a camerlenga of the convent. It cost 83 ducats" (Savage 2012). Also there is a hinged compartment in the altarpiece for the blood reliquary (blood of Christ).
Altarpiece of Saint Sabina, detail of Saint Sabina, This image shows the central panel of a two-tiered altarpiece. Here, St. Sabina stands, seen in full-length view, and holds a book and a martyr's palm. She wears a golden mantle and there are rose bushes in the background. There are four angels hovering around her upper body. She also wears a crown., 1443, Photographed in 1910-1940
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0151; Public Notes: The altarpiece was "commissioned by Margherita Donato, a camerlenga of the convent. It cost 83 ducats" (Savage 2012). Also there is a hinged compartment in the altarpiece for the blood reliquary (blood of Christ).
Altarpiece of Saint Sabina, This image shows a two-tiered polyptych with St. Sabina in the central panel. To the left of the central panel is St. Jerome, who wears cardinal's vestments and holds a church model and the Vulgate. To the right of the central panel is a figure who previously has been identified as either St. Achilles or St. Egerio, but now has been identified as St. Lizerio, who holds a hammer and a martyr's palm. St. Sabina wears a crown and decorated robes and holds a martyr's palm and book. She is surrounded by four small angels hovering around her upper body. A hedge and roses are in the background of the lower tier. In the upper tier, an angel holds a banner. To the left of the central panel is a panel depicting St. Margherita, and to the right of the central panel is St. Catherine. St. Margherita holds a book and a cross and St. Catherine holds a book and a martyr's palm. St. Margherita emerges from a dragon's mouth., 1443, Photographed in 1910-1940
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0149; Public Notes: The altarpiece was "commissioned by Margherita Donato, a camerlenga of the convent. It cost 83 ducats" (Savage 2012). Also there is a hinged compartment in the altarpiece for the blood reliquary (blood of Christ).
Altarpiece of Saint Sabina, This image shows a two-tiered polyptych with St. Sabina in the central panel. To the left of the central panel is St. Jerome, who wears cardinal's vestments and holds a church model and the Vulgate. To the right of the central panel is a figure who previously has been identified as either St. Achilles or St. Egerio, but now has been identified as St. Lizerio, who holds a hammer and a martyr's palm. St. Sabina wears a crown and decorated robes and holds a martyr's palm and book. She is surrounded by four small angels hovering around her upper body. A hedge and roses are in the background of the lower tier. In the upper tier, an angel holds a banner. To the left of the central panel is a panel depicting St. Margherita, and to the right of the central panel is St. Catherine. St. Margherita holds a book and a cross and St. Catherine holds a book and a martyr's palm. St. Margherita emerges from a dragon's mouth., 1443
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0150; Public Notes: The altarpiece was "commissioned by Margherita Donato, a camerlenga of the convent. It cost 83 ducats" (Savage 2012). Also there is a hinged compartment in the altarpiece for the blood reliquary (blood of Christ).
Altarpiece of the Madonna of the Rosary, This image shows the back face of a four-tier altarpiece, the Altarpiece of the Madonna of the Rosary. The lowest tier is flanked by two holy innocents holding martyr's palms. Between these two figures is a 14th century predella depicting the life of a saint. In the tier just above the lowest tier, is a row of saints and angels. An angels flanks either end of the row, and between them six saints stand. In the next highest tier, God the Father gives the sign of blessing and sits enthroned in the central panel and three saints stand to either side of Him (L: Ss. Stephen, Thomas, Gregory; R: Ss. Theodore, Leon, Sabina). In the highest tier, the crucified Christ rises out of the tomb, and an angel catches the blood from his side wound in a chalice. To either side of Christ is an angel in adoration. Inscriptions label the panels in the top two tiers., 1443, Photographed in 1920-1930
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0148; Public Notes:
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