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

Andrea di Cione named Orcagna, 1350

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 146 cm x width 119.5 cm x thickness 8 cm, height 91 cm x width 47.5 cm, height 82.5 cm x width 30.5 cm, height 82 cm x width 24.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicstempera on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

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

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-C-1608

  • Description

    Drieluik met Maria en kind en heiligen. Op het middenpaneel zit Maria met het Christuskind op de linkerknie, aan weerszijden een knielende engel met een vaas met bloemen. In het trilobium daarboven Christus, ten halven lijve, zegenend met een boek in de linkerhand. Op het linkerpaneel de staande heilige Maria Magdalena met zalfpot en banderol. Op het rechterpaneel de heilige Ansanus als jonge ridder met palmtak. Met geïntegreerde lijst.

  • 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’

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Andrea di Cione named Orcagna, Florence

  • Dating

    1350

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    tempera on panel

  • Dimensions

    • height 146 cm x width 119.5 cm x thickness 8 cm
    • height 91 cm x width 47.5 cm
    • height 82.5 cm x width 30.5 cm
    • height 82 cm x width 24.5 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Amersfoort

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

    • 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.
    • K. Steinweg, 'Orcagna', in: Allgemeine Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler 26, Lipsia 1932, p. 38.
    • R. van Marle, 'La pittura all'esposizione d'arte antica itliana di Amsterdam', Bolletine d'Arte 28 (1935), p. 304.
    • M. Boskovits, 'Orcagna in 1357 and other times', The Burlington Magazine 113 (1971), nr. 818, p. 244.
    • D. Parenti, 'Studi recenti su Orcangna e sulla pittura dopo la "peste nera", Arte Cristiana 89 (2001), nr. 806, p. 328-332.
    • M. Boskovits, 'Pittura fiorentina alla vigilia del Rinascimento, Firenze, 1975, p. 23, 196.
    • D.G. Wilkins, Maso die banco : a Florentine Artist of the Early Trecento, Dissertatie Michigan University, Ann Arbor 1969, dl. 1, p. 152.
    • R. Longhi, 'Qualità e industria in Taddeo Gaddi : II', Paragone 111 (1959), p. 11.
    • 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.
    • B. Berenson, 'Quadri senze casa : Il Trecento fiorentino', Dedalo 11 (1930/'31), nr. 2, p. 986.

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