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''Saint Barbara with a Donor'' or ''Saint Barbara with a Devotee'' is a 1558 oil on canvas painting by
''Saint Barbara with a Donor'' or ''Saint Barbara with a Devotee'' is a 1558 oil on canvas painting by Lattanzio Gambara
Lattanzio Gambara (c. 1530 – 18 March 1574) was an Italian painter, active in Renaissance and Mannerism, Mannerist styles. It is likely that Gambara is the same 16th century painter referred to as ''Lattanzio Cremonese'' or ''Lattanzio da Cremo ...
, originally painted for an altar dedicated to saint Barbara
Saint Barbara (; ; ; ), known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an Early Christianity, early Christian Greek saint and martyr. There is no reference to her in the authentic early Christian writings nor in the origin ...
in the church of Santi Nazaro e Celso in Brescia but now on the right-hand side-altar in Santa Maria in Silva church in the same city.
Bibliography
*Francesco De Leonardis, ''Il patrimonio artistico della chiesa di Santa Maria in Silva'' in AA.VV., ''Santa Maria in Silva'', Delfo, Brescia 2003 Paintings in Brescia Italian paintings Paintings of Saint Barbara category:1558 paintings Paintings with donor portraits