Offer of Relic of the Cross to the Brothers of St. John the Evangelist School,...

Offer of Relic of the Cross to the Brothers of St. John the Evangelist School (Offerta della reliquia della Croce ai Confratelli della scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista), by Lazzaro Bastiani, 1449-1512, 15th-16th Century, oil on canvas, 324 x 441 cm Whole artwork view. The scene is crowded with male and female figures taking part to a grandiose religious ceremony; at both bridges of the painting are two groups of dignitaries standing up on a dais, addressed towards a the square, occupied by other characters and defined by architectures painted in a perspective view; on the background, a big colonnade with a balaustrade on its top, behind which can be seen the facade of a church and a part of the tower bell; more people stick out from the window sills overlooking the square, in order to attend to the event Academy Gallery