MAKE A MEME View Large Image Giuseppe Cades - The Martyrdom of the Blessed Signoretto Alliata - Walters 371831.jpg Signoretto Alliata was a nobleman of Pisa who spent his life on Sicily working in hospitals Late in life he became a hermit and lived in seclusion in a ...
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Keywords: Giuseppe Cades - The Martyrdom of the Blessed Signoretto Alliata - Walters 371831.jpg Signoretto Alliata was a nobleman of Pisa who spent his life on Sicily working in hospitals Late in life he became a hermit and lived in seclusion in a deserted place on the shore According to legend he received his martyrdom near his dwelling at the hands of a band of North African pirates In the painting the pirates can be recognized as Muslims by their turbans To a Christian audience the scene conveyed the death of a blessed man at the hands of infidels His luminous pale body and drapery symbolize his purity Angels hand him the crown of martyrdom This loosely painted scene was a preparatory version for a large painting commissioned for the cathedral of Pisa by Count Tommaso Alliata Campiglia who wanted to honor his holy ancestor Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 429 540-541 ca 1794 1796 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 50 6 50 6 accession number 37 1831 12938 Galleria des Monte di Pietà Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown no 1602 Cassa dei Depositi e Prestiti Rome date and mode of acquistion unknown Cassa dei Depositi e Prestiti Sale Rome November 30 1875 no 65 as Cades Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquistion unknown 1897 catalogue no 431 as a study of a painting in Venice representing St Luke by Tiepolo Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Giuseppe Cades Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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