Date : approx. between 1390 and 1400
Material : Tempera on canvas, Gold sheet
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European Painting
Painting (Polyptique)
Area related
Florence (Italy)
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The Annunciation is shown at the top of this altarpiece, while a host of saints flank the central image of Christ crowning his mother, Mary. The lower panels show, from left to right: Saint Benedict exorcising a devil, Saint John baptizing Christ, the death of the Virgin, Saint Anthony Abbot tormented by devil, and Saint Lawrence liberating a soul from purgatory. The altarpiece decorated a chapel dedicated to Saint Benedict in the Church of Santa Trinit?, Florence, which explains why Saint Benedict is portrayed twice, on the left panel and again in a predella scene below.
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