Cortona Triptych

Cortona Triptych
The Triptych

The Cortona Triptych is a depiction of the Madonna and Child with saints, by Fra Angelico now at the Diocesan Museum, Cortona, Italy. It dates to 1436-1437.[1]

The triptych was originally painted for the church of San Domenico in Cortona, and belonged to the Dominicans. It was painted in Fiesole, and then shipped to Cortona, probably just before Fra Angelico painted the Perugia Altarpiece in 1437, with which this work shares many common elements.

The predella depicts the story of Saint Dominic along with other saints:

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The predella of the triptych


Sources

  1. ^ Fra Angelico by Laurence B. Kanter, 2005 ISBN 1588391744 page 104

External links

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Fiesole Altarpiece (1424-1425) · San Pietro Martire Triptych (1428-1429) · Annunciation (c. 1430) · Annunciation (1430-1432) · Tabernacle of the Linaioli (1433-1435) · Coronation of the Virgin (1434-1435) · Annunciation (before 1435) · Cortona Triptych (1436-1437) · Perugia Altarpiece (c. 1437) · San Marco Altarpiece (1438-1443) · Frescoes in the Niccoline Chapel (1447–1449) · The Last Judgment (1425-1430)

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