St. Helena - painting by CIMA da Conegliano
1485, Panel - National Gallery of Art, Washington
Scan & text courtesy of the Web Gallery of Art
| The subject is the mother of the Roman Emperor, Constantine the Great, who adopted Christianity in 313 A.D. According to legend, she found in the Holy Land the True Cross on which Christ was crucified. Cima, a close follower of Giovanni Bellini, worked for most of his career in the Alpine region north of Venice. In the background of this perfectly preserved panel there is a landscape of the region near the artist's birthplace, Conegliano. |
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| Credits: St. Helena painting by CIMA da Conegliano, courtesy of the Web Gallery of Art. Descriptive text courtesy of the Web Gallery of Art. Scan & text used by permission of Emil Kren. The Web Gallery of Art - http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/welcome.html Background pattern courtesy of the © |
