Standing Saint

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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: Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #7E5624 · 39%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A07538 · 10%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #5B3818 · 9%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #686141 · 7%

Dried Marigold · Orange family · #BB8C47 · 6%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #412917 · 6%

Lampblack · Black family · #090608 · 5%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #995004 · 4%

Press Black · Black family · #170F08 · 4%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #54503E · 4%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #414637 · 3%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #EBBD76 · 1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #A73816 · 1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #37413B · <1%

Roman Brick Earth · Brown family · #733630 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3C3A40 · <1%

Aubergine Glaze · Purple family · #0A0007 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #726469 · <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

7 tags

Saints Both · 99%

The catalog title identifies the subject as a saint, and the image shows a haloed religious figure holding a book in a devotional presentation.
Human Figure Visual · 99%

A single full-length human figure with visible face, hands, body, and draped clothing occupies the panel.

Symmetrical Visual · 92%

The figure is centered within a near-symmetrical pointed-arch surround and balanced vertical frame, although the pose and drapery are not perfectly symmetrical.
Highly Ornamented Visual · 97%

The halo, pointed arch, side ornament, cornice-like upper molding, decorative borders, and patterned surface create a densely embellished presentation.

Painting Metadata · 99%

The catalog classifies the work as a painting and specifies the medium as tempera on panel.

Italian Art Metadata · 98%

The Cleveland Museum of Art records the place of origin as Italy, late nineteenth to early twentieth century.

Christian Art and Architecture Visual · 94%

The halo, devotional frontal presentation, book, and sacred image format strongly indicate Christian religious art, without establishing a specific denomination or saint identity.

Unknown artist. Standing Saint. Cleveland Museum of Art.