ID: 700007312 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007312	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1 2

Saint Anthony Abbot Blessing the Animals, the Poor, and the Sick (illumination (painting); Master of St. Veronica (German, active about 1395 - 1415) (G...; about 1400/1410; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 83.MS.49.2.recto ; Ms. Ludwig Folia 2, leaf 2)

Note: The miniature on this folio was painted by the anonymous artist known as the Master of Saint Veronica in the International style, which is characterized by bright jewel-like colors, detailed elaborate costumes, linearity, and melancholic expressions. The animals' naturalism demonstrates the artist's interest in the careful observation of nature. On a pedestal beneath Gothic arches, Saint Anthony stands like a living statue, blessing the people and animals gathered around him. On the right, several men carrying crutches have come to be healed, while a menagerie of animals in front looks up to Anthony as if listening to his words. Saint Anthony, a hermit of the 300s, renounced his worldly goods and retired to the desert of northern Egypt. In the 1100s, the Order of Knights Hospitallers, an organization that cared for the sick across Europe, adopted him as its patron saint. Although Saint Anthony was a desert hermit, he appears here wearing the black cape with the tau cross on the left shoulder worn by the Hospitallers of the 1400s. Growing out of his association with the Hospitallers, Anthony was called on to prevent and cure disease in both people and animals, which explains the assortment of followers around him.

Titles:

Saint Anthony Abbot Blessing the Animals, the Poor, and the Sick (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Miniature, Possibly from a Manuscript (C,U,GP,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

illumination (painting) [300264522] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by location or context>)

detached leaf [300379890]

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components, leaves (gathered matter))

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1400/1410

Creator Display:

Master of St. Veronica (German, active about 1395 - 1415) (German Illuminator) [preferred,JPGM]

Master of Saint Veronica (German painter, illuminator, active ca. 1395-1415) [500027235]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 83.MS.49.2.recto ; Ms. Ludwig Folia 2, leaf 2

Other: Creation: Köln [7004446] North Rhine-Westphalia (state), Germany (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gilt paint [300343596]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, metallic paint)

	gold leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

	parchment (animal material) [300011851]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

Dimensions: Leaf [cut to shape]: 23.7 x 12.4 cm (Leaf [cut to shape]: 9 5/16 x 4 7/8 in.)

Cultures:

German (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Anthony of Egypt, Saint [901001255]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	ducks (birds) [300250047]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Aves (class), Anseriformes (order), Anatidae (family)) (AAT)

	sick (people) [300189565]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, <groups of people by state or condition>) (AAT)

	goats (genus) [300250122]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Artiodactyla (order), Bovidae (family)) (AAT)

	deer (family) [300250308]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Artiodactyla (order)) (AAT)

	poor (people) [300189571]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), groups of people, <groups of people by state or condition>) (AAT)

	pigs (genus) [300250114]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Artiodactyla (order), Suidae (family)) (AAT)

	blessing (religious function) [300137784]
	.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by specific context>, religious functions) (AAT)

	roosters (hekwerkelementen) [300003988]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, barriers and barrier elements, barrier elements) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Miniature, Possibly from a Manuscript

Sources and Contributors:
Saint Anthony Abbot Blessing the Animals, the Poor, and the Sick	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Miniature, Possibly from a Manuscript	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)