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

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Živković, V. (2009). The Sixteenth-century Altar Painting of the Cattaran (Kotor) Fraternity of Leather-makers, 75-84. doi:10.2298/BALC0940075Z
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Title

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

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Author

Valentina, Živković

Journal

Balcanica

Volume
Issue

XL

Start page

75

End page

84

ISSN

0350-7653

ISBN
DOI

10.2298/BALC0940075Z

URL

http://dais.sanu.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4300

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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.

Keywords

altar painting, Fraternity of Leather-makers, Kotor (Cattaro), St Bartholomew, caritas, Fraternity of Shoemakers, Observant Dominicans