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Bellini’s birds: avifauna in the Frick ‘St Francis’

01/2007 | 1246 | 149

Pages: 36-38

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Author:

Hammond, Norman (Hammond, Norman)

Subjects

artists:

Bellini, Giovanni

dates:

1480-1489

museums and institutions:

Frick Collection, New York, United States

print:

Bellini, Giovanni

subjects:

Collections, Public / Birds / Francis of Assisi, Saint / Iconography / Scientific analysis

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Identification

subjects:

Italian painting

Illustrations

Attributed works:

47. St Francis, by Giovanni Bellini, c.1480–85. Tempera and oil on panel, 124.4 by 141.9 cm. (Frick Collection, New York).

Attributed works:

48. Detail of Fig.47, showing the heron at the middle left of the painting.

Attributed works:

49. Detail of Fig.47, showing the kingfisher on a twig to the left of Bellini’s signature.

Attributed works:

50. Detail of The feast of the gods, by Giovanni Bellini, 1514, and Titian, c.1529, showing the kingfisher in the foreground. Canvas, 170.2 by 188 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).

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Bellini's ass: a note on the Frick 'St Francis'

01/2002 | 1186 | 144

Pages: 24-26

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Author:

Hammond, Norman (Hammond, Norman)

Subjects

artists:

Bellini, Giovanni

media:

Paintings

places:

Italy / Venice

print:

Bellini, Giovanni

subjects:

Francis of Assisi, Saint / Saints / Iconography

subjects:

Stigmatization / Renaissance

subjects:

Animals / Donkeys

works:

Bellini, Giovanni / Saint Francis (Frick Collection, New York)

Illustrations

Attributed works:

29. Detail of Fig.30, Showing the Donkey.

Attributed works:

30. St Francis, by Giovanni Bellini. c. 1480. Tempera and Oil on Panel, 124.4 by 141.9 cm. (The Frick Collection, New York).

Attributed works:

31. Detail of Mystic Nativity, by Sandro Botticelli. 1500. 108.6 by 74.9 cm. (National Gallery, London).

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