Antonello Gagini / Saint Margaret / c. 1520-1530

Antonello Gagini
Saint Margaret
c. 1520-1530
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Creator Name: Gagini, Antonello
Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1478 - 1536
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Antonello Gagini
Title: Saint Margaret
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1520
Creation End Date: 1530
Creation Date: c. 1520-1530
Object Type: Sculpture
Materials and Techniques: marble
Dimensions: Overall: 139.7cm x 54.6cm x 18.2cm
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1942.564
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Provenance: (Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles).
Context: Antonello Gagini was a member of a large family of sculptors whose Palermo workshop supplied monumental religious sculptures for the cathedrals of Palermo, Messina, and Montelione in Calabria. After 1507 Antonello himself worked for 15 years to produce marble sculptures for Palermo Cathedral. This figure of the legendary virgin martyr, Saint Margaret, was probably commissioned for one of these ecclesiastical foundations, possibly the chancel of Palermo Cathedral. The saint is shown reading from a book of hours (a sign of her piety) and trampling upon a dragon, the symbol of Satan. The dragon became the attribute by which she is recognized in sacred art.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1942.564
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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