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Andrea Delitio

King Totila Blessed by Saint Benedict, ca.1451

Description

Maker

  • Andrea Delitio, 15th century, Italian

Title

King Totila Blessed by Saint Benedict

Year

ca.1451

Medium

Tempera and gold on panel

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • tempera

Supports

  • panel

Dimensions

24.1 x 35.2 cm (9 1/2 x 13 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Unsigned

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

22.101

About

This painting was part of a narrative sequence set into the lower section of a painted altarpiece. It shows Saint Benedict (ca. 480–547), the founder of western monasticism, blessing a repentant Totila, the king of the Ostrogoths in Italy. Totila’s courtiers wear sumptuous 15th-century Florentine costume, in stark contrast to the austere monastic robes of Saint Benedict and his sister, Saint Scholastica, who stands behind him. The landscape, dotted with neighboring hill towns, recalls the region around Monte Cassino, the Benedictine monastery southeast of Rome. The altarpiece, now lost, was commissioned for the church of Saint Benedict in Norcia (Umbria), the saint’s birthplace.

Unsigned

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Intermission

December 16, 2016 - July 2, 2017

From the Reserve I

April 9 - August 3, 1994

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is King Totila Blessed by Saint Benedict with the accession number of 22.101. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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