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The Death of St Ephraim and other Scenes from the Lives of the Hermits
Florentine School
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Florentine School, Tuscan School
The Death of St Ephraim and other Scenes from the Lives of the Hermitsabout 1480 - 1500On Display | NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND
A winding river and colourful architecture punctuate the rocky wilderness which represents the desert around Thebes in Egypt. Included among the population of wild animals and hermits are recognisable figures such as St Jerome, kneeling before a crucifix at the bottom left, and St Francis, receiving the stigmata (Christ's wounds) at the top, centre right. The figures are small in relation to their setting and the proportions of this fifteenth-century panel suggest that it may have been painted as part of a cassone (chest) or other piece of furniture. This might also account for the appearance of secular figures (who possibly form part of a hunting party) in the composition.
Glossary Open
Cassone
An Italian marriage chest produced in the 14th to 16th centuries. A panel of the chest was frequently decorated with a painting which is known as a 'cassone painting'.
Composition
The arrangement of different elements in a work of art.
Details
- Accession no. NGL 023.79
- Medium Tempera on panel
- Size 49.50 x 163.50 cm
- Credit Long loan in 1980
Florentine School (Italian (Florentine), )
Artists who cannot be identified specifically, but whose work is similar in style to those produced by known painters associated with a particular city, region or country, are said to belong to a ‘school’ of that name. If a painting is described as of the 'Florentine School' this means that it is probably by a painter working in the central Italian city of Florence.
Tuscan School (Italian (Tuscan), )
If the identity of an artist who made a painting is not known, the work is often described as belonging to a national or regional school. This is because it appears to share stylistic characteristics with paintings by artists from that nation or region. So a painting described as being of the 'Tuscan school' is by an artist working in the Italian province of Tuscany, who was possibly associated with one of the influential Florentine workshops.