St Fredianus Diverts the River Serchio

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Artist: Filippo Lippi
Date: 1437–1439
Medium: wood; tempera
Holding institution: Uffizi Gallery
Palette: Sooted Timber · Brown family · #513919 · 28%

Ochre Kiln · Orange family · #B16A32 · 15%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #664A24 · 8%

Oiled Oak · Brown family · #815A2A · 7%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #9E3D1D · 7%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #894119 · 7%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #704118 · 6%

Dried Marigold · Orange family · #D48A4C · 6%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #3B2915 · 5%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #311E0E · 5%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #572414 · 2%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #C45323 · 1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #916E4A · <1%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #413325 · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #443B17 · <1%

Slate Night · Black family · #352B24 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #866D58 · <1%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #B19267 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Uffizi Gallery

12 tags

Saints Both · 99%

The title identifies St Fredianus, and the central figure is visibly marked as a bishop by his mitre and ecclesiastical vestments.
Narrative Both · 96%

The title describes a specific action involving the River Serchio, while the image presents an event through the bishop’s gesture, the central channel-like area, and the gathered figures.
Water Both · 88%

The title names a river, and the lower middle of the image contains an irregular, flowing or channel-like form toward which the bishop bends.
Human Figure Visual · 99%

Multiple standing, bending, seated, and crouching human figures occupy the left and right sides of the panel.

Dense Composition Visual · 89%

The panel has a strongly horizontal arrangement with clustered figures at either side of a central dark area and a warm orange-red background.
Dark Colors Visual · 90%

Deep green-brown and near-black areas are prominent in the central channel-like forms, left background, and parts of the figures’ clothing.
Cracked Visual · 99%

Fine, irregular crack lines are visibly distributed across the painted surface, especially in the orange-red background and darker central forms.

Tempera Metadata · 100%

The catalog records the work as a painting made with tempera on wood.
Painting Metadata · 100%

The catalog classifies the object as a painting.

15th Century Art Metadata · 100%

The catalog dates the work to 1437–1439, placing it in the fifteenth century.

Christian Art and Architecture Both · 98%

The saintly bishop, clerical dress, and religious narrative place the scene within Christian art.

Filippo Lippi. Own work Oursana

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