Papa Gregorio Magno

c. 1580

Paolo Cagliari, known as Veronese1528 Verona – 1588 Venedig
We have 2 artworks by Paolo Cagliari, known as Veronese online.
We have 1824 paintings online.
The traditional identification of the sitter with the two Church Fathers is apparently based only on their popularity in Venice. Parts of a series of at least eight similar paintings, which may have originally formed a polyptych. Counterpart to KS 46.
Also known as
Papst Gregor der Grosse Pope Gregory the Great
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 77 x 34.5 cm
Inventory number
KS 45
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, The Betty and David Koetser Foundation, 1986