Saint Helena Altarpiece

The Saint Helena Altarpiece is a three-panelled oil on panel painting by Jacopo Palma il Vecchio, created c. 1524–1525, now in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.[1]

Saint Helena Altarpiece (c. 1524–1525) by Palma Vecchio

From left to right it depicts Saint Roch, emperor Constantine the Great, the True Cross, Constantine's mother Saint Helena and Saint Sebastian.[2]


References
  1. "Catalogue entry".
  2. Giovanni Mariacher, "Palma il Vecchio", in I pittori bergamaschi-Il Cinquecento, I, Bergamo, Poligrafiche Bolis, 1975 (Italian)


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