BASILICA OF SANTA ANASTASIA, Pisanello

The fresco by Pisanello in the Basilica of Sant’Anastasia is the most important painting in Verona, together with the altarpiece by Mantegna in the Basilica of San Zeno.

Born in Verona around 1395, famous as a painter and a portrait medalist, Pisanello’s work is a fascinating combination of Late Gothic creativity and humanist rigor.

Unfortunately, many of his paintings have been destroyed; hence the particular importance of Saint George and the Princess on the arch of the Pellegrini Chapel.

Much of the left part of the painting, with the dragon lying in wait, has also been destroyed by water seepage; nonetheless, the fresco is considered one of the finest masterpieces of fifteenth-century painting in Italy....