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These are the male members of a confraternity (a quasi-religious brotherhood) and the painting once formed part of the banner which the confraternity carried in processions. Another fragment, also in the National Gallery’s collection, shows the female members.
We don't know who the artist was, but the style of dress worn in both fragments was fashionable in about 1500. They were perhaps members of the confraternity of the Immaculate Conception, founded in Milan in 1475 under the oversight of the Franciscans.
Title
Male Members of a Confraternity
Date
about 1500
Medium
Oil on silk or linen, mounted on wood
Measurements
H 64.5 x W 41.9 cm
Accession number
NG779
Acquisition method
Bought, 1867
Work type
Painting