The Virgin & Child are shown with Saint Dominic (1170
- 1221), the founder of the Dominican Order of Preachers, who commonly
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Giovanni Mocenigo was Doge of Venice from 1478 until 1485. The Doge's banner shows the Mocenigo arms & the lion of Saint Mark (the emblem of Venice) & is inscribed: 'pax/ tibi/ mar/ce /eva/ngel/ista /mevs' (Peace be with you Mark my evangelist). The a ...

Saint James the Greater is on the left, introducing the donor. Saint George is shown as a knight on horseback. The picture was formerly considered to be by Martino da Udine (Pellegrino da San Daniele), to whom it is still ascribed by some critics. The sty ...

The Virgin is enthroned before a cloth of honour with the Christ Child upon her lap, beneath a mosaic-encrusted dome. The saints from left to right are Saints Gall (on whose crozier the Baptism of Christ & Saint Paul are depicted), John the Baptist, Jame ...

Saint Catherine of Alexandria on the left is identifiable by her attribute of the wheel on which she was tortured, while Saint Catherine of Siena is on the right holding a lily, a symbol of purity. There was formerly a lunette to the picture, showing a ' Pi ...

The Virgin & Child are enthroned in a walled garden, a probable metaphor for her virginity. On the right Saint Barbara reads a book. Mary Magdalene, seated next to her holding on ointment jar, appears to be turning the pages. To the left Saint Catherine receives a ring from the infant Christ (she refused to marry an emperor on the grounds that she was already married to Christ). The everyday world represented beyond the wall was perhaps painted from contemporary Bruges. David's picture was almost certainly commissioned by the kneeling figure on the left, Richard de Visch van der Capelle, a cantor (senior cleric) of Saint Donatian, Bruges. His identity is recorded in the coat of arms on the greyhound's collar. In 1500 he sought to restore the chapel of Saint Anthony Abbot, who appears in the background behind Saint Barbara. This painting was almost certainly intended for the altar of Saint Catherine there. ...

The figures of the Virgin & Child are known in other works, & may be based on a lost picture by Rogier van der Weyden. The design above the window is a device of the Dukes of Burgundy. It also belongs to the Order of the Golden Fleece, which the donor (kneeling in the church doorway) wears. It has been suggested that he is Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1433
- 1477), but the costume is probably of about 1490-95.
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The figures of the Virgin & Child are probably from a design by Giovanni Bellini, of around 1500; this design occurs in other paintings by Bissolo. Saint Michael's name is inscribed on his robe. Saint Veronica is identified by the veil she holds. ...

On the left is Saint Bonaventure, who is an important Franciscan saint, & on the right, Saint Francis himself; each of the saints is protecting a male donor. The painting's style is near to that of Defendente Ferrari. It is an early work. ...

The infant Christ places a wedding ring on the finger of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, while the Virgin gives Saint Barbara a crown. One of the rare surviving examples of the numerous cloth paintings produced in the Netherlands in the 15th & 16th centur ...