Saint Ansanus

Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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Saint Ansanus (d.303) was a Sienese nobleman martyred by the Emperor Diocletian for converting to Christianity. He was one of the patron saints of Siena. He is shown holding his trachea, lungs, heart and liver in reference to his gruesome death. This explains his other role as the saint invoked by sufferers from chest disease. The painting is part of a fresco which was detached from the walls of a church at Bastia in central Italy in the nineteenth century.
Title

Saint Ansanus

Medium

tempera fresco transferred to canvas

Measurements

H 153 x W 70 cm

Accession number

44.48

Acquisition method

purchased, 1944

Work type

Painting

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