St Anthony at Mass Dedicates His Life to God

Sano di Pietro's Saint Anthony at Mass Dedicates His Life to God at the Gemaldegalerie Berlin, painted around 1435, depicts the moment of the young Anthony's vocational calling. Sano di Pietro was one of the most prolific painters of fifteenth-century Siena, known for his sweetly devotional style Egg tempera on panel was the dominant technique of the period, demanding careful layer-by-layer construction and patient craftsmanship It is now held at The Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, housing one of the

The church interior frames the devotional moment with characteristic Sienese refinement, the young saint rendered in Sano di Pietro's gentle, luminous palette with the delicate drawing that defines his contribution to the school.