A Saint (Mark?) Reading
Bartolomeo Vivarini · ca. 1470
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What the record supports
Bartolomeo Vivarini's "A Saint (Mark?) Reading," dated circa 1470, is a tempera on wood painting with a gold ground. Measuring 18 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches (47.3 x 37.5 cm), it is classified under European Paintings. The artwork was a bequest of Adele L. Lehman in memory of Arthur Lehman in 1965.
Details regarding the artwork's specific provenance and exhibition history are not provided in the supplied catalogue data. Information on the artist's authority is also not included in the provided records. The culture associated with the artwork is not specified.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds several other works by Bartolomeo Vivarini, including "The Madonna of Humility, the Annunciation, the Nativity, and the Pietà" (ca. 1465), "The Death of the Virgin" (1484), and "Saint Peter Martyr Healing the Leg of a Young Man" (ca. 1450). Other comparable holdings at The Met include various Madonna and Child depictions and "Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child" (early 1460s). The Art Institute of Chicago also holds Vivarini's "Rest on the Flight into Egypt."
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Related holdings by the same hand
The Madonna of Humility, the Annunciation, the Nativity, and the Pietà
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Death of the Virgin
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Saint Peter Martyr Healing the Leg of a Young Man
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Madonna Adoring the Child
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Madonna and Child with Seraphim and Cherubim
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Art Institute of Chicago
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