An altarpiece is a picture or relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a church. The altarpiece is often made up of two or more separate panels created using a technique known as panel painting . It is then called a diptych , triptych or polyptych for two, three, and multiple panels respectively. In the thirteenth century each panel was usually surmounted with a pinnacle, but in the Renaissance , single panel, or pala , altarpieces became the norm. In both cases the supporting plinth, or predella often featured supplementary and related paintings. In the eighteenth century altarpieces, such as Piero della Francesca s polyptych of St Augustine, were often disassembled and seen as independent artworks. Image Merodealtarpiece.jpg 350px thumb The M rode Altarpiece by Robert Campin , c. 1425 If the altar stands free in the Choir architecture choir , both sides of the altarpiece can be covered with painting. The rood screen screen , retable or reredos are commonly decorated. Groups of statuary can also be placed on an altar. Sometimes the altarpiece is set on the altar itself and sometimes in front. Originally, the altarpiece was placed in front of the altar, with the priest standing behind it facing the congregation Citation needed date June 2010 . In the 13th century, the altarpiece moved behind the altar, with the sacrament placed in front ... allowed the altarpiece to expand to larger proportions, as during the Renaissance. Famous examples include the Byzantine art Byzantine Pala d Oro in the Basilica di San Marco , Venice the Ghent Altarpiece 1432 by Hubert van Eyck Hubert and Jan van Eyck the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Gr newald the Altar of Veit Stoss External links http www.nationalgallery.org.uk anatomy of an altarpiece http www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk walker collections altarpiece types of altarpiece.asp See also Commons ... pl Nastawa o tarzowa ru simple Altarpiece fi Alttarikaappi sv Altartavla ... more details
File Meister Bertram von Minden 002.jpg thumb A scene from the Grabow Altarpiece The Grabow Altarpiece also known as the Petri Altar was painted by Master Bertram around 1383. It is located in St. Petri, Hamburg St. Petri church in Hamburg , Germany. ref Gothic Art by Victoria Charles and Klaus H. Carl 2008 ISBN 1844844617 page 96 ref References Reflist Category Gothic paintings Category 1380s works ... more details
Image Mathis Gothart Gr newald 019.jpg 350px thumb Isenheim altarpiece first view. Image Grunewald Isenheim3.jpg thumb 350px Third view The Isenheim Altarpiece is an altarpiece painted by the German artist Matthias Gr newald in 1506 1515. It is on display at the Unterlinden Museum at Colmar , Alsace , now in France . By far his greatest, as well as his largest work, it was painted for the Monastery of St. Anthony in Isenheim near Colmar, which specialized in hospital work. The Antonine monks of the monastery were noted for their care of plague sufferers as well as their treatment of skin diseases, such as ergotism . The image of the crucified Christ is pitted with plague type sores, showing patients that Jesus understood and shared their afflictions. Composition The altarpiece has two sets of wings, displaying three configurations. The first view shows a Crucifixion scene, flanked by images of Anthony the Great Saint Anthony and Saint Sebastian . There is a predella with a Lamentation of Christ , which remains in the second view also. When the outermost wings are opened, the second view shows scenes of the Annunciation , the original subject of Mary bathing Jesus to the accompaniment of an Angelic choir or various other titles , and the Resurrection of Jesus Resurrection . The innermost ... to the sides, and a pre existing carved gilt wood altarpiece by Nikolaus Hagenauer of about 1490. Now the altarpiece has been dis assembled and sawn through so that all the views can be seen separately, except that the original sculpted altarpiece is no longer flanked by the panels of the third view ... The iconography of the altarpiece has several unusual elements, several derived from closely ... altarpiece.jpg In situ. Image Grunewald christ.jpg Isenheim Altarpiece The Resurrection gallery See ... correspond to three views of the Isenheim Altarpiece. References reflist Snyder, James, Northern ... Huysmans commons category Isenheim Altarpiece http findarticles.com p articles mi m0MDO is 1 31 ai 114050791 ... more details
refimprove date October 2009 Around 1563, the cousins Girolamo and Antonio Petrobelli commissioned a huge altarpiece for the church of San Francesco in the small town of Lendinara , near Venice. They turned to Paolo Veronese , a celebrated painter with strong ties to the region. The cousins hoped that the spectacular work would seal their status as one of the leading families in the town. Set above the altar in their burial chapel, Veronese s painting shows the two men protected by their name saints. The cousins are privileged to witness a miraculous apparition, a foretaste of the future the archangel Saint Michael , who will weigh the souls of the dead at the Last Judgment . Above, we see the dead Christ, who died to redeem mankind. Veronese offered his patrons a compellingly realistic depiction of a visionary scene, and captured the hope of the faithful Christian for salvation. Division In the late 18th century, the church of San Francesco was demolished, and the Petrobelli altarpiece sold. An art dealer, seeking to maximize his profit, divided up the painting into four pieces. Their history was quickly forgotten, and the fragments eventually came to rest in public collections in England Dulwich Picture Gallery , Scotland National Gallery of Scotland , Canada National Gallery of Canada , and the United States Blanton Museum of Art . Restoration Close examination of the fragments, years of study, and careful restoration were needed to reconstruct the altarpiece s original form. In 2009, an exhibition in Dulwich temporarily reunited the fragments for the first time in over two hundred years. ref http www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk pdf Veronese 20PRESS 20SHOW.pdf ref The restored picture travelled to Canada and the USA later the same year. References Reflist External links http cybermuse.gallery.ca cybermuse enthusiast veronese history index e.jsp restoration Paolo Veronese and the Petrobelli Altarpiece DEFAULTSORT Petrobelli Altarpiece Category Paintings by Paolo ... more details
Infobox Painting image file Pietro Perugino cat41b.jpg title Decemviri Altarpiece artist Pietro Perugino year 1495 1496 type Oil painting Oil on panel height 193 width 165 city Rome museum Pinacoteca Vaticana Decemviri Altarpiece Italian Pala dei Decemviri is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Pietro Perugino , executed in 1495 1496, and housed in the Pinacoteca Vaticana in Rome . The work was commissioned by the Decemviri Ten Men of Perugia for the chapel in the Palazzo dei Priori , and was executed 1495 to 1496. It was originally surmounted by a Piet 87 x 90 cm , now at the Galleria Nazionale dell Umbria . Description The work portrays the Virgin on a high throne, with decorations and reliefs. Behind her is a bright landscape with hills. She holds the child in a position identical to that in the Fano Altarpiece . At her sides are the saints Lawrence, Louis of Toulouse, Herculanus of Perugia Herculanus and Constantius of Perugia . The portico theme was typical of Perugino s late 15th century works, such as the Albani Torlonia Polyptych and the Piet Perugino Piet . Sources cite book first Vittoria last Garibaldi language Italian title Pittori del Rinascimento publisher Scala chapter Perugino location Florence year 2004 Category Paintings by Pietro Perugino Category 1490s paintings Category Paintings of the Vatican Museums fr Retable des D cemvirs it Pala dei Decemviri ... more details
Infobox Painting image file Cima da conegliano, madonna in trono con santi, parma.jpg image size 340px title Montini Altarpiece artist Cima da Conegliano year c. 1506 1507 type Oil painting Oil on panel height width museum Galleria Nazionale di Parma Galleria Nazionale , Parma The Montini Altarpiece Italian Pala Montini is an oil painting oil on canvas painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Cima da Conegliano , dating from around 1506 1507 and housed in the Galleria Nazionale di Parma Galleria Nazionale of Parma , Italy . The work adopts the same scheme of several altarpieces by Giovanni Bellini , such as the San Giobbe Altarpiece . It was originally executed for the Parma Cathedral . It shows the Virgin Mary on a high throne in a mosaic decorated apse , while placing her hand on the heads of several kneeling donors. St. John the Baptist is portrayed on the right. On the right, the Child is blessing two female saints perhaps St. Catherine of Alexandria and Mary Magdalene and St. John the Evangelist. Typical of Bellini works in the musician angel at the feet of the throne, in the centre foreground. Sources cite book last Adani first Giuseppe year 2007 title Correggio pittore universale location Correggio, Emilia Romagna Correggio publisher Silvana Editoriale commonscat Martyrdom of four saint Category Paintings by Cima da Conegliano Category 1500s paintings Category Collections of the Galleria Nazionale di Parma it Martirio di quattro santi ... more details
Infobox Painting image file Pala sant onofrio luca signorelli.jpg title Sant Onofrio Altarpiece artist Luca Signorelli year 1484 type Finger and paint by number height cm 221 width cm 189 museum Museo dell Opera del Perugia Cathedral Duomo , Perugia , Italy The Sant Onofrio Altarpiece is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Luca Signorelli , housed in the Museo dell Opera del Duomo in the Cathedral of Perugia , Italy. It was painted for the church in 1484, commissioned by bishop Jacopo Vagnucci , a native of Cortona , Signorelli s birthplace. Description The scene portrayed is an Holy Conversation , with a high throne where the Virgin and Child sit, and which is placed over a Classical style pedestal and crowned by a small engraved arch featuring a festoon with vegetables. Maria is reading a Bible, while Jesus holds a white lily, symbolizing her virginity and pureness. Over a gilted step are St. John the Baptist and St. Lawrence , surmounted by two flying angels. On the marble step, below, Signorelli portrayed a sitting angle who is playing a lute , perhaps a homage to elements typical of the contemporary Venetian school such as the San Cassiano Altarpiece by Antonello da Messina . The angel also resembles one painted by Signorelli in the Basilica della Santa Casa , at Loreto , a few years before. Standing on the foreground pavement are St. Onofrius and St. Herculanus, the patrons of Perugia . Influences in the style of the painting include Ercole de Roberti s Santa Maria di Porto Altarpiece , Donatello and Filippo Lippi in the fierce figure of Lawrence and, in the figure of Herculanus, that of Piero della Francesca s St. Augustine Piero della Francesca St. Augustine . Sources cite book first Antonio last Paolucci chapter Luca Signorelli title Pittori del Rinascimento publisher Scala location Florence year 2004 isbn 88 8117 099 X Category Paintings by Luca Signorelli Category 1484 paintings it Pala di Sant Onofrio ... more details
Infobox Painting image file Lotto, pala dell alabarda 01.jpg title Altarpiece of the Halberd artist Lorenzo Lotto year c. 1539 type Oil on canvas height 294 width 216 city Ancona museum Pinacoteca civica Francesco Podesti The Altarpiece of the Halberd is a painting from around 1539 by the Italy Italian High Renaissance painter Lorenzo Lotto . It is housed in the Pinacoteca civica Francesco Podesti of Ancona , central Italy. History The work was seen by the art biographer Giorgio Vasari in the church of Sant Agostino, Ancona Sant Agostino in Ancona, where Lotto had fled in reply to the hostility received in Venice. It was later moved to the church of Santa Maria della Piazza and, after other locations, the current one. The painting dates to a few years after the coup by which Ancona had been restored to the Papal States . The resistance had been brutally suppressed, many of the rebels having been beheaded by order of the papal legate. The upside down halberd has been thus interpreted as a symbol of peace. Description The monumental composition is taken directly from the tradition of Holy Conversation s in the Venetian School , inaugurated by Antonello da Messina s San Cassiano Altarpiece . It shows the Madonna and Child on a high throne, with two angels holding the crown a 15th century Flemish painting element also in use in Italy . In the lower part are four saints Stephen, John the Evangelist, Simon the Zealot and St. Lawrence Lawrence . Simon is holding the halberd which gives its name to the altarpiece. At the sides of the throne, between columns and draperies, are two sections of sky with clouds. Like in other Lotto s works, the symmetry is broken by the variety of postures and gestures the work is general characterized by a certain archaic style, explainable by the relatively provincial commissioners and the late stage of his career. Sources cite book title Lotto first Carlo last Pirovano publisher Electa location Milan year 2002 Category 1530s paintings Category ... more details
he was joined by Evangelista da Pian di Meleto. While Raphael probably painted the altarpiece ... Angelo 2 frammento pala Baronci .jpg title Angel fragment of the Baronci altarpiece artist Raphael ... Fragments of the main altarpiece God the Father , 112 x 75 cm. Naples , Museo di Capodimonte ... of the Capodimonte Gallery az Baronci Altarpiece de Pala vom seligen Nikolaus von Tolentino Raffael ... more details
Expand Italian Pala di Vallombrosa date August 2011 Infobox Painting image file Pietro Perugino cat59.jpg title Vallombrosa Altarpiece artist Pietro Perugino year c. 1500 1501 type Oil on panel height 330 width 265 image size 300px museum Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna city The Vallombrosa Altarpiece is a painting by the Italy Italian Renaissance painter Pietro Perugino , dating to 1500 1501. It is housed in the Accademia delle Belle Arti Firenze Accademia Gallery of Florence , Italy . Description Empty section date June 2011 Sources cite book first Vittoria last Garibaldi chapter Perugino title Pittori del Rinascimento publisher Scala location Florence year 2004 isbn 888117099 Category 1500 paintings Category Paintings by Pietro Perugino fr Retable de Vallombrosa it Pala di Vallombrosa ... more details
File Albrecht D rer 067.jpg thumb Paumgartner altarpiece , oil on wood, 157 cm 248 cm. Alte Pinakothek , Munich File Paumgartner Altar old.jpg thumb 100 px The right panel as it appeared before the 1903 restoration The Paumgartner altarpiece c. 1500 is an early tryptich painting by Albrecht D rer , commissioned by the Paumgartner family of Nuremberg . The central panel depicts a Nativity of Jesus in art nativity scene , while the wings depict Saint George left and Saint Eustace right . The saint s faces are donor portrait s of the brothers Stephan and Lukas Paumgartner, respectively. Other members of the Paumgartner family are depicted as small figures in the center panel. In 1616 the painting was bought by Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria and taken to Munich . There it was altered to suit 17th century tastes. This entailed adding helmets, horses, and landscape backgrounds to the portraits of the saints and painting over the small donor figures in the center panel. These embellishments were removed by restorators in 1903. ref D rer und Gr newald, Der Frankfurter Heller Altar , Bernhard Decker, p. 37 ref ref http books.google.com books?id gFTrAAAAMAAJ&pg PA58&dq Paumgartner altar&hl en&sa X&ei H84oT5HUL8iZgwelqsjdBA&ved 0CFgQ6AEwBzge v onepage&q Paumgartner 20altar&f false Brief article from a contemporary periodical about the restoration ref On 20 April 1988, the Paumgartner altarpiece was one of three paintings at the Alte Pinakothek that were attacked with concentrated sulphuric acid by the serial art vandal Hans Joachim Bohlmann . ref Cite book url http books.google.com books?id 7xKyeh1 V7IC&pg PA283 page 283 title Albrecht D rer a guide to research author Jane Campbell ... inline Paumgartner Altar Paumgartner altarpiece http www.pinakothek.de en albrecht duerer paumgartner altar Entry for the Paumgartner altarpiece on the website of the Alte Pinakothek http www.wga.hu html m d durer 1 03 3paumg.html The Paumgartner altarpiece on the Web Gallery of Art D rer DEFAULTSORT ... more details
Closed view, back panels. The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb Dutch language Dutch ..., and completed by his younger brother Jan van Eyck . The altarpiece represented a new conception of art ... X ref The altarpiece consists of a total of 24 framed panels, which make up two views, open and closed ... van Eyck maior quo nemo repertus greater than anyone started the altarpiece , but that Jan van ... of the frame from Lotte Brand Philip s book, The Ghent Altarpiece Princeton, 1971 , which ... and British intelligence services in their attempt to recuperate the lost panel. When opened, the altarpiece ... in triumph and shown as a priest, ref Lane, Barbara G, The Altar and the Altarpiece, Sacramental ... were able to recreate a working copy of the instrument. Image Ghent Altarpiece B Angels detail.jpg 180px left thumb Angels detail. Image Ghent Altarpiece B Angels.jpg 220px thumb Angels. Adam and Eve ... in the cathedral outside the Vijdt chapel. center gallery image Ghent Altarpiece A Adam.jpg Adam. image Ghent Altarpiece A Adam and Eve dressed.jpg Dressed reproduction of Adam and Eve. image Ghent Altarpiece A Eve.jpg Eve. gallery gallery image Ghent Altarpiece A Cain Abel sacrifice.jpg Sacrifices made by Abel and Cain. image Ghent Altarpiece A Cain Abel murder.jpg Murder of Abel by Cain. gallery ... by the attribute s they are carrying. Image Ghent Altarpiece D Clergy detail.jpg 200px right thumb Male martyrs, all visible are clergy. Image Ghent Altarpiece D Jews and Heathens.jpg 200px right thumb Pagan writers and Jewish prophets. Image Ghent Altarpiece D Adoration of the Lamb 2.jpg 303px center thumb The Adoration of the Lamb. Image Ghent Altarpiece D Women.jpg 150px left thumb Female martyrs. Image Ghent Altarpiece D Popes Bishops.jpg 150px left thumb Male saints, Popes at the front ... in 1945 but a restorer of the altarpiece noticed that the panel one day seemed to age compared to the panel that was familiar to him. By the end of 2010 or early 2011 the altarpiece will undergo ... more details
Infobox Painting image file Pala barbadori, louvre, lippi.jpg title Barbadori Altarpiece artist Filippo Lippi image size 400px year 1438 type Tempera on panel height 208 width 244 city Paris museum Louvre The Barbadori Altarpiece is a painting by Filippo Lippi , dated to 1438 and housed in the Louvre Museum of Paris . History Gherardo di Bartolomeo Barbadori, who died childless in 1429, left his heritage to the Captains of Orsanmichele for the realization, in the church of Santo Spirito, Florence Santo Spirito , of a chapel dedicated to san Frediano . The chapel was built in the old sacristy of the church and in 1433 it was decided to place there an altarpiece. The work was commissioned to Filippo Lippi around 1437, and a letter from Piero de Medici to Domenico Veneziano , dated 1 April 1438, mentions the altarpiece as having not been finished yet. The painting remained in Santo Spirito until 1810, when it was disassembled and brought to France by the Napoleonic war Napoleonic troops . After the 1815 restoration it was not given back. Description The panel follows the traditional polyptych pattern of the time only in the upper part, which has arcades and columns. Also differently from previous works, Lippi painted the Virgin as standing, and making her the central point of the composition. The angel on the left pulling up his garment is inspired to Nanni di Banco s group of the Quattro Coronati , a sculpture in a niche of Orsanmichele. Another element of innovation introduced at the same time also by Fra Angelico was the lack of a gilted background, replaced by an architectural space with a window opening to hilly landscape, inspired to Flemish painting Flemish contemporary works . The shell shaped niche in the background, a typical element of 15th century Florentine painting, and of Lippi in particular, is inspired to a nice in the Tribunale of the Mercanzie in Orsanmichele ..., 03.jpg 200px Predella of the Barbadori Altarpiece div center Sources commons category Pala Barbadori ... more details
Commons cat Altare Piccolomini Expand Italian Altare Piccolomini date December 2011 The Piccolomini Altarpiece is a architectural and sculptural altarpiece in the left nave of Siena Cathedral , commissioned by cardinal Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini . It was built between 1481 and 1485 by Andrea Bregno in Carrara marble, with additions in the following decades these included four niche sculptures produced between 1501 and 1504 by Michelangelo of saints saint Peter Peter , Augustine later resculpted as Saint Pius , Saint Paul Paul and Saint Gregory Gregory . Bibliography it icon Francesco Caglioti, in Le sculture del duomo di Siena , Silvana Editoriale, Milano, 2009, pp. 174 181. it icon Umberto Baldini, Michelangelo scultore , Rizzoli, Milano, 1973. it icon Toscana. Guida d Italia Guida rossa , Touring Club Italiano, Milano, 2003. fr Saint Paul Michel Ange fr Saint Pierre Michel Ange fr Saint Pie Michel Ange it Altare Piccolomini it San Paolo Michelangelo it San Pietro Michelangelo it San Pio Michelangelo it San Gregorio Michelangelo Michelangelo category Sculptures by Michelangelo Category Marble sculptures Category 16th century sculptures Category 15th century sculptures Sculpture stub ... more details
Infobox Painting image file Perugia altarpiece, angelico.jpg title Perugia Altarpiece artist Fra Angelico year 1437 or 1438 type Tempera on wood height cm width cm museum Galleria Nazionale dell Umbria , Perugia , Italy The Perugia Altarpiece Italian Pala di Perugia is a painting by the Italian early Renaissance painter Fra Angelico , housed in the Galleria Nazionale dell Umbria of Perugia , Italy. History The painting was executed for the St. Nicholas Chapel in the Basilica of San Domenico, Perugia . In the early 19th century, it was split and partially dispersed, and some of the predella panels were acquired by the Pinacoteca Vaticana . In Perugia were executed copies of these panels, enclosed into a neo Gothic frame. The polyptych also included some small depictions of saints, on the side piers, and two Tondo art tondoes with the Annunciation Angel and the Annunciation , in the cusps. Description The work includes a large central panel, depicting the Madonna Enthroned with Child and Angels , which was fully painted by Fra Angelico. The two side panels, each forming two arched sub panels and including a figure of saint. On the left are St. Dominic and St. Nicholas of Bari St. Nicholas , attributed to Angelico, while on the right are St. John the Baptist and St. Catherine of Alexandria , considered mostly by his workshop. The central Madonna is a Maest depiction, and sits on a large throne painted using geometric perspective . In front of her is a step with vases housing three white and red roses symbolizing of the Virgin s purity and a forecast of Christ s Passion, respectively . The panel resembles strictly that in the Cortona Triptych , especially for the Madonna, the throne s arch and the placement of the angels. The pavement is decorated with marble tarsia, already used by Fra Angelico in earlier works such as the San Pietro Martire Triptych 1428 1429 . The saint ... 5 commonscat Perugia Altarpiece by Angelico br Paintings by Fra Angelico Category Paintings by Fra ... more details
Infobox Painting image file Angelico, pala di fiesole, full.jpg image size 350px title Fiesole Altarpiece artist Fra Angelico and Lorenzo di Credi year 1424 1501 type Tempera Tempera on panel height width city museum Convent of San Domenico, Fiesole The Fiesole Altarpiece is a painting by the Italian early Renaissance master Fra Angelico , executed around 1424 1425. It is housed in the Convent of San Domenico, Fiesole , central Italy . The background was repainted by Lorenzo di Credi in 1501. History The altarpiece is among the earliest known works by Fra Angelico. It was originally commissioned for the high altar in the convent s church, but was later moved to a side altar where it is currently visible. In 1501 Lorenzo di Credi repainted the background, which was probably gilded, with a more modern landscape featuring a throne with baldachin, trompe l oeil reliefs and two landscapes between pillars. The Gothic cusps were also eliminated in that occasion. Description The work is a Maest , a Madonna enthroned, a theme particularly fashionable in Florentine art at the time. The central group with the Madonna and Child is surrounded by eight adoring angels depicted in smaller size. The saints Thomas of Aquino, Barnabas, Dominic and Peter of Verona are at the sides these were three saints of the Dominican Order the same owning the convent and the namesake of Barnaba degli Agli, a Florentine man who had donated 6,000 florins for the convent s restoration and enlargement. The naked Child is shown while grasping two flowers a white rose, symbol of purity, and a red one, a forecast of his future passion connected with the Eucharist the panel was in fact painted for the church s high altar, where the celebration of this sacrament occurs. The composition resembles that of Masaccio ... found in an anonymous Florentine triptych from 1419 and an altarpiece by Angelico himself at San ... 138px File Beato angelico, predella della pala di fiesole 04.jpg 48px Predella of the Fiesole Altarpiece ... more details
Infobox Painting image file Pala tezi,.jpg title Tezi Altarpiece artist Pietro Perugino and workshop year c. 1500 type Oil on panel height cm 180 width cm 158 museum Galleria Nazionale dell Umbria , Perugia , Italy The Tezi Altarpiece Italian Pala Tezi is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Pietro Perugino , housed in the Galleria Nazionale dell Umbria of Perugia , Italy. The work was once associated to a single predella panel portraying the Last Supper 18 x 121 cm , now at the Gem ldegalerie, Berlin Gem ldegalerie of Berlin. The painting was executed for the Tezi Chapel in the church of Sant Agostino in Perugia . After that monastic institute was suppressed under the Napoleonic domination of Italy, it was acquired by the Umbrian Gallery. Style The panel shows the Madonna and Child on a cloud in the sky, flanked by St. Nicholas of Tolentino and Bernardino of Siena . Below, over a wood landscape, are the traditional depictions of St. Jerome with the lion, and St. Sebastian struck by arrows. At the bottom, in the middle, is a tabernacle opening which once housed the Holy Sacrament. The Madonna is taken from the same cartoon used by Perugino for the Madonna of the Consolation , from the same period. Also, the use of colors is not typical of Perugino, and the work was perhaps executed mostly by his workshop, with the master adding just some touches. References reflist commonscat Pala Tezi Sources cite book first Vittoria last Garibaldi chapter Perugino title Pittori del Rinascimento publisher Scala location Florence year 2004 isbn 888117099 Category Paintings by Pietro Perugino Category 1500s paintings Category Collections of the Galleria Nazionale dell Umbria Category Paintings in the Gem ldegalerie, Berlin fr Retable Tezi it Pala Tezi ... more details
Infobox Painting image file Tiziano, pala gozzi 01.jpg title Gozzi Altarpiece artist Titian year 1520 type Oil on panel height 312 width 215 city Ancona museum Pinacoteca civica Francesco Podesti The Gozzi Altarpiece is an oil painting by the Italian Renaissance master Titian , dating from 1520. It is located in the Pinacoteca civica Francesco Podesti in Ancona , central Italy. History The painting is the first dated work by Titian. It was commissioned by Alvise Gozzi, a merchant from Ragusa Croatia Ragusa modern Dubrovnik who was active in Venice , for the church of San Francesco, Ancona San Francesco . The presence of a view of Venice in the background had a political message in 1510 Pope Julius II had given freedom of navigation and commerce to Ancona at the expense of Venice, but in 1520 the European situation had cancelled this privilege. The presence of the Saints Francis and Blaise, respectively symbolizing Ancona and Ragusa, was thus a hint to their submission of Venice, represented by the Virgin Mary. ref cite book first Stefano page 32 last Zuffi title Tiziano publisher Mondadori Arte location Milan year 2008 isbn 978 88 370 6436 5 ref Description The painting depicts the Madonna and Child appearing on a cloud, above a sunset sky with golden, orange and red colors. They are flanked by a clothed cherub and two naked cherubs, who offer Mary laurel crowns. Below are the saints Francis of Assisi , who shows his stigmata, and St. Blaise Blaise , patron saint of Ragusa, who points at the heavenly tableua while he rests a hand on the shoulder of the kneeling donor. The composition was perhaps inspired by Raphael s Madonna of Foligno , although developed according to Titan s more modern and lively style. ref cite book first Francesco page 102 last Valcanover title L opera completa di Tiziano publisher Rizzoli location Milan year 1969 ref References reflist br Titian Category 1520 paintings Category Paintings by Titian it Pala Gozzi ... more details
Infobox Painting image file Lorenzo Costa 006.jpg title Bentivoglio Altarpiece artist Lorenzo Costa the Elder year 1488 image size 280px type Oil on panel height width city Bologna museum San Giacomo Maggiore The Bentivoglio Altarpiece is a painting by the Italy Italian Renaissance painter Lorenzo Costa the Elder , dating to August 1488. It is displayed in the Bentivoglio Chapel of the church of San Giacomo Maggiore , Bologna , Italy . It was commissioned by Giovanni II Bentivoglio , lord of Bologna, as a thanksgiving for the family s escape from an attempted massacre by the Malvezzi family http www.footprintguides.com Bologna Northeast the university quarter.php . Description The painting is a large canvas, executed by Costa together with other two works on the chapel s walls, the Triumph of Fame and the Triumph of Death . It features, above a sumptuous Renaissance architecture, a marble altar with a rich frieze at the top of is a throne on which the Madonna and Child sit. At the sides, kneeling, are the two donor husband and wife, Giovanni II Bentivoglio and Ginevra Sforza . In the foreground, at the feet of the throne, are their eleven children. On the left are the daughters from left, Camilla, Bianca, Francesca, Violante future spouse of Pandolfo IV Malatesta , Laura, Isotta and Eleonora on the right the four children Ermes Bentivoglio Ermes , Alessandro Bentivoglio Alessandro , Anton Galeazzo and the elder one, Annibale II Bentivoglio Annibale . Sources cite book first Angelo last Raule chapter Intorno alla Madonna dei Bentivoglio note d arte e di storia title Strenna storica bolognese year 1958 pages 159 191 Category 1488 paintings Category Paintings by Lorenzo Costa the Elder it Pala Bentivoglio ... more details
Infobox Painting image file Parmigianino, pala di bardi.jpg image size 310px title Bardi Altarpiece artist Parmigianino year 1521 type Tempera on panel height 203 width 130 city Bardi, Emilia Romagna Bardi museum Church of Santa Maria The Bardi Altarpiece lang it Pala di Bardi , is an Italian Renaissance Italian Mannerism Mannerist painting by the Italian painter Parmigianino , dating from c. 1521 and housed in the church of Santa Maria at Bardi, Emilia Romagna , Italy. Description In 1521 Parma was invaded by the imperial papal troops under Prospero Colonna , in the course of the Italian Wars . The young Parmigianino, then seventeen, was sent by his family to Viadana to his cousin s house. According to Italian late Renaissance art biographer Giorgio Vasari ref Giorgio Vasari, Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects ref , there Parmigianino painted two tempera panels St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata lost and the Marriage of St. Catherine , which was placed in the church of San Pietro. The latter was stolen in 1629, during the War of Mantuan Succession , and brought to Parma . Later, in unknown circumstances, it was transferred to the current location in Bardi, a town near Parma here, in 1860, members of the Academy of Fine Arts of Parma recognized as by Parmigianino, although the identification remained disputed until the 1930s. Description The work depicts the mystical marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, set a in a fake niche with a colonnade surmounting the background curved wall. The scheme is that of the Holy Conversation . In the middle is the Virgin sitting on a tall throne, above a historiated section of column decorated with a barely visible putto , giving the Child to St. Catherine, on the left, who receives the symbolic marriage ring. At the sides are two saints, St. John the Evangelist with a chalice full of snakes, a hint to his alleged miraculous discovery and healing of a poisoned drink and St. John the Baptist, who holds ... more details
File Trinity Altarpiece.jpg 1000px thumb The Trinity Altarpeice The Trinity Altarpiece , also known as the Trinity Altar Panels , is a set of four paintings in oil on wood thought to have been commissioned for the Trinity College Kirk in Edinburgh , Scotland, in the late fifteenth century. The work is attributed to the Flemish artist Hugo van der Goes and probably represents the inner and outer panels of the wings of a triptych . The presumed central panel is lost. ref name royalcollection http www.royalcollection.org.uk egallery object.asp?object 403260&row 53&detail about The Royal Collection ref The work represents a rare example of Scots religious art to have survived the iconoclasm of the Scottish Reformation Reformation . The panels are part of the British Royal Collection Royal Art Collection and are displayed at the National Gallery of Scotland . ref name nationalgalleries http www.nationalgalleries.org collection artists a z G 4944 artistName Hugo 20van 20der 20Goes recordId 17481 National Galleries of Scotland ref Description of the panels The four panels depict the following subjects The Holy Trinity . A praying cleric, thought to be the contemporary Provost of Trinity College Kirk, Edward Bonkil, ref name nationalgalleries accompanied by two angels playing an organ. King James III of Scotland at prayer attended by Saint Andrew and a boy who may be the future King James IV . ref name royalcollection The royal arms of Scotland hang from a wall. Queen Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland Margaret of Scotland at prayer attended by Saint Michael . Her royal arms decorate her lectern. File Trinity College Kirk 01.jpg 500px thumb Trinity College Kirk in an engraving of 1825 See also Hours of James IV of Scotland Portinari Altarpiece Madonna in the Church References reflist Category Scottish art Category Collections of the National Galleries of Scotland Category Flemish painters Category Paintings by Hugo van der Goes Category Triptychs fr Retable de la Trinit ... more details
File Mathis Gothart Gr newald 058.jpg thumb Panel of the Tauberbischofsheim Altar Crucifixion File Mathis Gothart Gr newald 060.jpg thumb Panel of the Tauberbischofsheim Altar Christ Bearing the Cross The Taubischofsheim altarpiece earlier known as the Karlsruhe altarpiece or Karlsruhe panels German Taubischofsheimer Altar , Karlsruher Altar , and Karlsruher Taflen , respectively is a late work by the Germany German Northern Renaissance Renaissance painter Matthias Gr newald , probably completed between 1523 and 1525. The earliest written references to the work come from the 18th century, when the altarpiece was still in the Church of St. Martin in Tauberbischofsheim . Its original location and the identity of the patron who commissioned it are not known, but it is assumed that they both were in Tauberbischofsheim. The panels, which today are displayed separately, were originally painted on either side of a 196 cm by 152 cm wooden panel. Whether the pieces were the central part of a polyptych is uncertain, however. In order to display the work in an art museum, the panel was split in half during its first restoration in 1883. The paintings have been in the collection of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe since 1900. References Heinrich Feurstein Matthias Gr newald . Bonn 1930 Walther Karl Z lch Der historische Gr newald . Bruckmann, Munich 1938 Kurt Martin Gr newalds Kreuzigung der Karlsruher Galerie in der Beschreibung von Joris Karl Huysmans . Verlag Florian Kupferberg, Mainz 1947 Jan Lauts Ed. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Katalog Alter Meister bis 1800 . Karlsruhe 1966 Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Ed. , Christian M ller Gr newalds Werke in Karlsruhe . Karlsruhe 1984 Howard C. Collinson Three Paintings by Mathis Gothart Neithart called Gr newald . The Transcendent Narrative as Devotional Image . Dissertation Yale University 1986 Karen van den Berg Die Passion zu malen. Zur Bildauffassung bei Matthias Gr newald . Dissertation Basel 1995 , Duisburg Berlin 199 ... more details
Infobox Painting image file Lorenzo Lotto 012.jpg title Martinengo Altarpiece artist Lorenzo Lotto year 1513 1516 type Oil on panel height 520 width 250 city Bergamo museum Santi Bartolomeo e Stefano The Martinengo Altarpiece is a painting by the Italy Italian High Renaissance painter Lorenzo Lotto , finished in 1516. It is housed in the church of Santi Bartolomeo e Stefano, Bergamo , northern Italy . File Lotto, pala martinengo 01.jpg left 240px thumb Detail with an angel and the lion. History On 15 May 1516 Lotto was in Bergamo to sign a contract for a large altarpiece for the high altar of the church of San Bartolomeo, funded by Alessandro Martinengo Colleoni, who had chosen the church as the family s new burial place the outstanding Colleoni Chapel is located nearby . It was finished three years later, as testified by the signature, and was paid 500 ducat Italian coin ducats . The painting, the largest ever painted by Lotto, was once accompanied by a series of minor panels, which were dispersed in the following centuries and have been only partially identified. Description The subject of the painting is a Holy Conversation , with the Virgin and the Child sitting on a throne surrounded by saints. The scene is set in a majestic architecture perhaps inspired by Bramante style. In the center, where the dome should be, is the tholobate , whose pendentives decorated with Mark and John the Evangelists. Two angels are watching from a balaustrade, perhaps inspired by Andrea Mantegna Mantegna s Camera degli Sposi . Two other angels fly over Mary holding her crown. The interpretation of the numerous symbols of the picture is disputed. Some of the objects could be taken from Francesco Colonna s Hypnerotomachia Poliphili , alluding to the rule of Republic of Venice Venice in Bergamo, of which Martinengo was a supporter. The inscription in the upper part, saying Divina Suave , would be a reference to Venice. In the lower part, the Virgin sits on a throne having a zoomorphic base ... more details
Infobox Painting image file Pietro Perugino cat45b.jpg title Fano Altarpiece artist Pietro Perugino year 1497 type Oil painting Oil on panel height 262 width 215 city Fano museum Church of Santa Maria Nuova Fano Altarpiece is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Pietro Perugino , executed in 1497, and housed in the church of Santa Maria Nuova, Fano , central Italy . It also includes a lunette with a Piet and several predella panels. Perugino had already painted an Annunciation Perugino, Fano Annunciation in 1488 1490. Several scholars have supposed that a young Raphael collaborated on the predella. file Pietro Perugino cat45a.jpg left thumb 220px Lunette. Description The Madonna is portrayed on a luminous landscape of hills, on a high throne in front of her is a pedestal with, on it, a mystic vase, and featuring the signature and date, which were always added by Perugino when the painting was produced in his workshop and then shipped to the destination. Mary holds the Child in the same fashion of the Decemviri Altarpiece of 1495 1496. At the sides are the saints John the Baptist with a camel skin and a stick with the cross , St. Louis of Toulouse Louis of Toulouse , who wears a bishop dress, Francis of Assisi reading , Peter with the Keys of Heaven, Paul with a long beard and a red vest and Mary Magdalene with offerings to the Madonna. The portico is a typical element of Perugino s paintings of the period, such as the Albani Torlonia Polyptych also typical of his late works is the Madonna s figure as a more mature woman, different than the elegantly youthful portrayal painted before. Less usual are the differentiated proportions of the saints and of the Madonna herself. The lunette depicts Jesus raised from his sepulchre by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, with Mary and John the Apostle at the sides. The predella includes the scenes of the Nativity of Mary , the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple , the Marriage of the Virgin , the Annunciation and the Assumption ... more details
name BL655 Lane, 655 ref The altarpiece influenced contemporary painters, especially in the use of symbolically ... File Rogier van der Weyden Miraflores Altarpiece central panel WGA25599.jpg thumb Center panel showing ... Altarpiece and the Time of the World . The Art Bulletin , Volume 80, No. 3, 1998. 422 51 ref The different ... s other John the Baptist altarpiece as both utilise imagined stone reliefs both as framing devices ... on Friedl nder s work, and detailed the complex iconography of the altarpiece. ref McNamee ... known, the Berlin replica has been ignored as of no importance. The Berlin altarpiece is unusually ... more details
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