Manuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, from a Laudario
Pacino di Bonaguida
ca. 1340 · Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment · The Cloisters
On this page, the final moments of the martyrdom of the apostle Bartholomew unfold with a dance-like grace that lends a sacred air to horrific events. At the left, three tormentors flay his legs and arms as Bartholomew stands chained to a city gate. At the right, the saint, wearing his own flesh tied about his neck as a mantle, kneels in prayer before a rock, his haloed head tumbling to the ground. Pacino was a leading member of the painters’ guild in Florence. This page comes from the most important manuscript created in that city in the first half of the fourteenth century, a laudario, or book of hymns in Italian.
- Artist
- Pacino di Bonaguida
- Date
- ca. 1340
- Medium
- Tempera, gold, and ink on parchment
- Culture
- Italian
- Department
- The Cloisters
- Credit line
- The Cloisters Collection, 2006
