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| Keywords: Lorenzo d'Alessandro da San Severino - The Crucifixion; Saint Michael - Walters 37496.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Lorenzo d'Alessandro da San Severino This double-sided painting is a standard intended to be carried during processions and other religious ceremonies It was probably made for a brotherhood devoted to Saint Michael located in a town in Marche On one side is the Crucifixion with the mourning Virgin and Saint John On the reverse Saint Michael tramples the devil and holds the scales in which he weighs a blessed soul; kneeling at his feet are members of the brotherhood clad in white habits with cowls as is usual in the orders of flagellants people who whip themselves to show penitence Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 127 193-194 ca 1480 1490 early Renaissance tempera oil gold leaf panel cm 75 9 54 3 2 3 <br>St Michael painted surface cm 56 34 9 <br>Crucifixion painted surface cm 55 8 34 9 accession number 37 496 40438 Bernard Berenson date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore ca 1915 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters ca 1915 Transcription On obverse with the Crucifixion in Virgin's halo MEMENTO MEI MATER DEI; Translation In Virgin's halo Remember me O Mother of God; Transcription In Christ's halo AVE LUX MUNDI; Translation In Christ's halo Hail Light of the World; Transcription In St John's halo IOHANNES place of origin Marche Italy Walters Art Museum license 3D Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Lorenzo d'Alessandro Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
