Triptych with the Virgin and Child, and Saints Mary Magdalene and Ansanus

Andrea di Cione, called Orcagna (c. 1315–1368), Florence, 1350, tempera on panel

Orcagna was the leading Florentine painter of the mid-14th century. This altarpiece, which has survived almost intact, was commissioned in 1350 by a promi-nent citizen for a side-altar in a church. The depiction of the figures of the Virgin and Child and two saints reflects the rather stiff, hieratical style of the period. The frame is reminiscent of Gothic architecture.

Artwork typepainting, triptych
Object numberSK-C-1608
Dimensionsheight 91 cm x width 47.5 cm, height 146 cm x width 119.5 cm x thickness 8 cm, height 82 cm x width 24.5 cm, height 82.5 cm x width 30.5 cm
Physical characteristicstempera op paneel

Triptych with the Virgin and Child, and Saints Mary Magdalene and Ansanus

Identification

Title(s)
Triptych with the Virgin and Child, and Saints Mary Magdalene and Ansanus
Object type
Object number
SK-C-1608
Inscriptions / marks
- inscription: ‘Ne desperetis vos qui peccar[e] soletis exemplo que meo vos re[parate deo].’
- inscription: ‘Sca. Maria Madale / Hoc opus fecit fieri Tommas Baronci anni MCCCL / Scs. Anusmas’
Description
Orcagna was the leading Florentine painter of the mid-14th century. This altarpiece, which has survived almost intact, was commissioned in 1350 by a promi-nent citizen for a side-altar in a church. The depiction of the figures of the Virgin and Child and two saints reflects the rather stiff, hieratical style of the period. The frame is reminiscent of Gothic architecture.
Catalogue reference
R. Longhi, 'Qualità e industria in Taddeo Gaddi : II', Paragone 111 (1959), p. 11.

Creation

Creation
painter: Andrea di Cione genaamd Orcagna, Florence
Dating
1350
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Material and technique

Physcial description
tempera op paneel
Material
Dimensions
- height 91 cm x width 47.5 cm
- height 146 cm x width 119.5 cm x thickness 8 cm
- height 82 cm x width 24.5 cm
- height 82.5 cm x width 30.5 cm

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Subject

Acquisition and rights

Credit line
On loan from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Amersfoort
Ownership
Copyright
Public domain

Documentation

- R. Longhi, 'Qualità e industria in Taddeo Gaddi : II', Paragone 111 (1959), p. 11.
- B. Berenson, Italian pictures of the Renaissance : a list of the principal artists and their works with an index of places, Milano 1936, p. 346.
- B. Berenson, 'Quadri senze casa : Il Trecento fiorentino', Dedalo 11 (1930/'31), nr. 2, p. 986.
- K. Steinweg, 'Orcagna', in: Allgemeine Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler 26, Lipsia 1932, p. 38.
- D.G. Wilkins, Maso die banco : a Florentine Artist of the Early Trecento, Dissertatie Michigan University, Ann Arbor 1969, dl. 1, p. 152.
- R. van Marle, 'La pittura all'esposizione d'arte antica itliana di Amsterdam', Bolletine d'Arte 28 (1935), p. 304.
- A. Padoa Rizzo, 'Per Andrea Orcagna Pittore', Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Classe di Lettere e Filosofia, serie 3, 11 (1981), nr. 3, p. 849-851.
- D. Parenti, 'Studi recenti su Orcangna e sulla pittura dopo la "peste nera", Arte Cristiana 89 (2001), nr. 806, p. 328-332.
- M. Boskovits, 'Orcagna in 1357 and other times', The Burlington Magazine 113 (1971), nr. 818, p. 244.
- M. Boskovits, 'Pittura fiorentina alla vigilia del Rinascimento, Firenze, 1975, p. 23, 196.

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