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The Burial of Saint Zenobius  1479

by Davide Ghirlandaio

Davide Ghirlandaio painted these three enchanting scenes about 1479 for the base (predella) of an important altarpiece commissioned from his brother, Domenico, for the church of San Giusto alle Mura outside Florence. Two further scenes are known; the main panel is in the Uffizi in Florence. [br]According to legend, at the burial of Saint Zenobius a dead tree sprang to life...
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Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art