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| Keywords: Francesco Morandini - Saint Helena - Walters 371096.jpg St Helena ca 247-ca 327 was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great ca 288-337 who according to tradition christianized the Roman Empire Helena is shown holding the True Cross the cross on which Christ was crucified which she is said to have discovered in Jerusalem Her elaborate headdress and idealized slightly masculine facial features reveal the artist's study of Michelangelo's so-called teste divine divine heads admired for their great beauty Morandini and other Florentine artists of the later 16th century thought of Michelangelo as the greatest artist of all time and they devotedly imitated his works Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 218 337 ca 1575 Renaissance oil tempera panel Painted surface H 34 15/16 x W 28 11/16 x D excluding cradle 3/4 in 88 7 x 72 8 x 1 9 cm accession number 37 1096 2872 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 115 as Francesco Salviati Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 An Exhibition of the Treasures of The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Pace Wildenstein Gallery New York; Smith College Museum of Art Northampton 1967 place of origin Florence Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Poppi Francesco Morandini Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Helena of Constantinople Paintings of female saints | ||||
