The artwork is titled “Altarpiece of San Zeno in Verona, left panel of St. Peter and St. Paul, St. John the Evangelist, St. Zeno,” created by Andrea Mantegna in 1459. It belongs to the Early Renaissance art movement and falls under the genre of religious painting.
The artwork features four saints, each adorned with halos, signifying their sanctity. St. Peter, clad in yellow and red robes, holds a large key and book, while St. Paul, dressed in blue and red, carries a book and a sword. St. John the Evangelist, depicted in youthful elegance, reads from a book, and St. Zeno, wearing bishop’s attire complete with a mitre and crozier, holds a red book close to himself. The background reveals an intricately decorated architectural structure, incorporating classical elements such as pilasters, a detailed frieze, and festoons laden with fruits. The scene is rich with symbolism and meticulously detailed, characteristic of the Early Renaissance focus on humanism and detailed realism.
