Focus on Saints Roch, Anthony Abbot and Lucy and discuss the abstract.
Saints Roch, Anthony Abbot and Lucy or Three Saints is a 1513 oil on canvas (previously wood) painting by Cima da Conegliano, which is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.It was painted in Parma, where it may have provided one of the inspirations for Correggio's Four Saints. As its name suggests, it shows Saint Anthony Abbot (with a little alms bell hanging from the handle of his crutch) flanked by Saint Roch (pointing out the ulcer on his thigh) and Saint Lucy (with an oil lamp and martyr's palm). Since St Anthony is depicted elevated in the centre and since St Roch is a patron saint of plague sufferers, it may have been commissioned for the Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony, who ministered to plague victims. It was later misattributed to Giovanni Bellini, Cima's probable teacher.It is currently (2018) not on view.
Giovanni Bellini Saint Anthony Abbot Saint Lucy martyr's palm New York Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony Correggio Cima da Conegliano Four Saints Saint Roch Parma Metropolitan Museum of Art