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St Stanislaus Raising a Dead Man, with St Hyacinth Kneeling before the Trinity Above
Pietro Malombra
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Pietro Malombra
St Stanislaus Raising a Dead Man, with St Hyacinth Kneeling before the Trinity Above1607 - 1612On Display | NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND
This is the only drawing by Malombra that can be firmly connected to one of his paintings. It is a preparatory study for an altarpiece of the same subject for the altar of the Polish Nation in the Basilica of St Anthony (the Santo) in Padua. This was one of Malombra’s most prestigious commissions. The cloaked figure in the foreground is Stanislaus Szczepanowski, Bishop of Cracow and patron saint of Poland. He is shown raising a youth called Piotrawin from the dead. In the background, Piotrawin defends Stanislaus before the Polish king, who had falsely accused Stanislaus of seizing royal lands. The scene of St Hyacinth above is unconnected to the story of Stanislaus, but his presence on the altar is justified as he was a popular Polish missionary who had recently been canonised.
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Altarpiece
An artwork behind a church altar featuring religious scenes or imagery which was usually the focus for the celebration of the Mass.
Commission
When an individual or organisation employs an artist to execute a particular project, the process and the resulting work are termed a ‘commission’.
Details
- Accession no. RSA 221
- Medium Pen, brown ink and wash, heightened with white on blue paper
- Size 38.50 x 20.60 cm
- Credit David Laing Bequest to the Royal Scottish Academy on loan 1966
Pietro Malombra (Italian (Venetian), 1556 - 1618)
Malombra was from Venice and is believed to have been a pupil of the artist Giuseppe Salviati. Both men admired and were influenced by the work of Tintoretto. Malombra was mainly a painter of altarpieces and mythologies, but he was closely involved in the large-scale redecoration of the Palazzo Ducale in Venice following the fires of 1574 and 1577. His contribution to Venetian painting is difficult to assess as most of the paintings ascribed to him in contemporary records have either been lost or remain unrecognised. Even fewer of his drawings survive, but those that have been identified reveal that he was a talented draughtsman.
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Altarpiece
An artwork behind a church altar featuring religious scenes or imagery which was usually the focus for the celebration of the Mass.