Saint John
Saint John

Currently not on view

Saint John,

mid–14th–late 14th century

Umbrian School
y1937-246

Information

Title
Saint John
Dates

mid–14th–late 14th century

Maker
Umbrian School
Medium
Fresco, transferred to canvas
Dimensions
80 x 65 cm (31 1/2 x 25 9/16 in.) frame: 85 x 70.4 x 3.2 cm (33 7/16 x 27 11/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895, prior to 1936
Object Number
y1937-246
Place Collected

Europe, Italy, Assisi, Umbria

Culture
Italian
Type
frescoes, paintings, religious art
Materials
canvas
Subject
figures (representations), halos (glories), quatrefoils, saints, John, scrolls (information artifacts), men

Assisi, Palazzo del Podesta. Dan Fellows Platt, by 1924 [1]; 1937 gift to Princeton University Art Museum [2].

[1] Lent to museum in 1924

[2] April 1936 letter in file indicating that the fresco had already been given (some time previously, by implication). Mentions three other pieces (thought inferior by Platt) bought by the National Gallery (London) for $7,500

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