Christ on the Cross with St Jerome and an Augustinian Saint

1505 · Private collection

religious

This small panel was produced for private devotion. In the pure composition it is easy to recognise the penitent St Jerome on the right, even in the absence of his habitual attributes. The second saint kneeling before the Cross is harder to identify, his black habit would suggest an Augustinian saint.

Christ on the Cross with St Jerome and an Augustinian Saint

About the Artist

Bernardino di Bosio Zaganelli

1460 – 1510

Italian painter, also called Bernardino da Cotignola. He shared a workshop in Cotignola with his brother Francesco di Bosio Zaganelli. Their first known joint work was the Virgin and Child Enthroned with SS John the Baptist and Florian and Three Angels (signed and dated 1499; Milan, Pinacoteca di Brera). Their last, the Holy Family (1509; Bergamo, Galleria Accademia Carrara), is unusual in the prominence accorded to St Joseph. The fan-shaped trees that rise above the wooded landscape in this painting are also found in the one work definitely assigned solely to Bernardino, St Sebastian (signed and dated 1506; London, National Gallery, together with the original lunette). After Bernardino's death Francesco responded to new stimuli, including German woodcuts.

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