Collections: European Art: Christ on the Cross Adored by Saints Thomas Aquinas and Catherine of Siena (Recto); Saint Dominic with Saints and Worshipping Nuns (Verso)

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Christ on the Cross Adored by Saints Thomas Aquinas and Catherine of Siena (Recto); Saint Dominic with Saints and Worshipping Nuns (Verso)

This panel comes from the Marches, a region on the eastern side of Italy. The presence of Saint Dominic, holding a stem of lilies while spreading his cloak over a group of Dominican nuns and novices kneeling in prayer, suggests that this panel belonged to a nunnery of that order. It is a typical example of the two-sided panels that were carried in religious processions.


• Artist: Lorenzo d'Alessandro da San Severino, Italian, School of the Marches, documented 1462-1503
• Medium: Tempera on two panels
• Place Made: Italy
• Dates: ca. 1490
• Dimensions: 17 1/8 x 12 3/4 in. (43.5 x 32.4 cm)
• Inscriptions: Inscribed recto left: "Bene scripisti de me Tomeus" Inscribed recto right: "Crea in me Deus"
• Collections: European Art
• Museum Location: This item is not on view
• Accession Number: 41.894a-b
• Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg in memory of her husband
• Image: Side, 41.894_side1_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Lorenzo d'Alessandro da San Severino (Italian, School of the Marches, documented 1462-1503). Christ on the Cross Adored by Saints Thomas Aquinas and Catherine of Siena (Recto); Saint Dominic with Saints and Worshipping Nuns (Verso), ca. 1490. Tempera on two panels, 17 1/8 x 12 3/4 in. (43.5 x 32.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg in memory of her husband, 41.894a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 41.894_side1_SL1.jpg)