The Gathering of Manna
Maker
Bramantino
(Italian, c. 1460 - 1530)
Datecirca 1505 - 1506
MediumOil on linden/wood panel
Dimensions10 3/4 x 17 in. (27.3 x 43.2 cm)
Framed: 17 1/8 × 23 3/4 in. (43.5 × 60.3 cm)
Framed: 17 1/8 × 23 3/4 in. (43.5 × 60.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Object number1973.48
Status
Not on viewThis painting was probably part of the predella (baseboard) of a large altarpiece, later dismantled. Its theme is well suited to a position over the altar, where the miracle of transubstantiation—bread and wine into flesh and blood—was performed.
From a Christian perspective, the Old Testament story of the Manna, in which God fed the hungry Israelites with bread from heave, foretold God’s offering of his own son for human salvation.
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