The Pyrrhanensis Poeta: Author of the Inscription in Angelo de Coster’s Painting of St George’s Miracle Held at Piran

Authors

  • Vesna Kamin Kajfež
  • Gregor Pobežin University of Primorska, SASA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/keria.14.2.75-88

Keywords:

Angelo de Coster, St George’s Miracle, latin inscription, art history, painting, Latin, brotherhoods, Piran

Abstract

The paper addresses the Latin inscription in the painting St George’s Miracle, a work by the Venetian painter Angelo de Coster (Venice, 1680 – Venice, 1736), hanging in the presbytery of the parish church dedicated to St George at Piran, Slovenia. An analysis of style and meter reveals a poet of classical education, who might well be sought among the Piran litterati. A possible candidate for the authorship is the poet Marco Petronio Caldana (Piran, after 1650–?), who had intimate connections to the commissioners of the painting, the members of St George’s Fraternity.

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Published

24. 12. 2012

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How to Cite

Kamin Kajfež, Vesna, and Gregor Pobežin. 2012. “The Pyrrhanensis Poeta: Author of the Inscription in Angelo De Coster’s Painting of St George’s Miracle Held at Piran”. Keria: Studia Latina Et Graeca 14 (2): 75-88. https://doi.org/10.4312/keria.14.2.75-88.