Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510)
Tre miracoli di San Zanobi (Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius)
c.1500
Tempera on wood, 67.3 x 150.5 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The picture dates about 1500 and is painted in the harsh style Botticelli evolved during the years Florence was under the sway of the reforming preacher Savonarola. It belongs to a series of four panels illustrating the life of the fifth-century bishop of Florence, all of which are notable for their architectural settings. At left, Zenobius meets a funeral procession and restores a dead youth to life. At center, he raises a man who was killed while bringing relics (in the casket) from Saint Ambrose. At right, Saint Eugenius receives water and salt blessed by Zenobius and then hastens across the square to revive a dead relative. (MET)
Compare:
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510)
Battesimo ed elezione di San Zanobi
c.1500
National Gallery, London
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510)
Tre miracoli di San Zanobi
c.1500
National Gallery, London
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510)
Ultimo miracolo e morte di san Zanobi
c.1500
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
See also:
• Zenobius of Florence, St. (337-417)