The Sixteenth-century Altar Painting of the Cattaran (Kotor) Fraternity of Leather-makers Fraternity of Leather-makers Cover Image

The Sixteenth-century Altar Painting of the Cattaran (Kotor) Fraternity of Leather-makers Fraternity of Leather-makers
The Sixteenth-century Altar Painting of the Cattaran (Kotor) Fraternity of Leather-makers Fraternity of Leather-makers

Author(s): Valentina Živković
Subject(s): History
Published by: Balkanološki institut - Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti
Keywords: altar painting; Fraternity of Leather-makers; Kotor (Cattaro); St Bartholomew; caritas; Fraternity of Shoemakers; Observant Dominicans

Summary/Abstract: The altar painting that the Cattaran Fraternity of Leather-makers commissioned from the Venetian painter Girolamo da Santa Croce in the first half of the sixteenth century contains the images of Sts Bartholomew, George and Antoninus. The presence of the first two saints is looked at from the perspective of a long established religious tradition, while the reasons for depicting the archbishop Antoninus giving alms to the poor appear to reside in the then prevailing religious policy and the local social situation.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 40
  • Page Range: 75-84
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English