Mass of St. Gregory
Artist
Raffaellino del Garbo
(about 1466-1524)
Date1501
MediumOil and tempera on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 94 1/2 × 92 1/2 × 3 in. (240 × 235 × 7.6 cm)
Image: 80 1/2 x 78 1/4 in. (204.5 x 198.8 cm)
Image: 80 1/2 x 78 1/4 in. (204.5 x 198.8 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936.
Object numberSN23
Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604) is known as one the first Fathers of the Christian Church. His greatest contribution to religious history was the complete overhaul and restructuring of the early liturgy and music used in worship. He is the man behind the legacy of the Gregorian Chant. Along with initiating these reforms, he also reluctantly became pope in 590 and directly came into contact with the political and international aspects of the papacy. As a founding Church Father, he is prominently featured in the painting of The Defenders of the Eucharist in Peter Paul Rubens' Triumph of the Eucharist series in Gallery 2.
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Giovanni del Biondo
late 1380s
Sienese
