Saint in Red Cloak

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: late 19th - early 20th century
Medium: tempera on panel
Dimensions: unframed: height 0.33 m, width 0.114 m
Origin: Italy, late 19th-early 20th century
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Walnut · Brown family · #6F451D · 31%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #8F602A · 15%

Madder Lake · Red family · #A72F19 · 11%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A57237 · 8%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #9F3C1B · 8%

Dried Marigold · Orange family · #BD8A48 · 6%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #864011 · 6%

Lampblack · Black family · #090608 · 5%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #442714 · 4%

Lampblack · Black family · #150D07 · 3%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #EBBB74 · 2%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #504938 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #040705 · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #525131 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #394138 · <1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #72484A · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #423B41 · <1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #19000A · <1%

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Image provider: cleveland-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken

8 tags

Saints Both · 99%

The title identifies the subject as a saint, and the image visibly depicts a single haloed holy figure holding a book in a devotional pose.

Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 92%

The red cloak and yellow-gold garment provide strong, saturated color contrasts against the gold-toned ground and darker outlines.
Highly Ornamented Visual · 95%

The halo, pointed arch, frame moldings, and repeated ornamental details are richly embellished.

Painting Both · 99%

The museum classifies the work as Painting and records its medium as tempera on panel; the image shows a painted figure on a rigid panel support.
Frontal Perspective Visual · 90%

The figure is presented nearly frontally and centrally within a shallow, architecturally framed setting.

19th Century Art Metadata · 85%

The catalog gives a date range of 1875–1925 and describes the work as late 19th–early 20th century; the 19th-century portion is directly represented by the starting date.

Italian Art Metadata · 98%

The museum gives Italy, late 19th–early 20th century, as the place of origin.

Christian Art and Architecture Both · 94%

The halo, sacred attributes, and devotional presentation support a Christian religious context, although the specific saint is not identified.

Unknown artist. Saint in Red Cloak. Cleveland Museum of Art.