Artist: Andrea Della Robbia
Date: 1470
Size: 183 x 178 cm
Technique: Tar
The altar was commissioned by Francesco Sassetti for a private church at Varramista (Palaia) near Pisa on the occasion of the birth of his son, Cosimo. The corner pilasters of the predella bear the family coat of arms. The main panel shows a sacra conversazione: two standing saints flank a Madonna seated on clouds. To the left and right of Mary’s head, two angels at either side are appearing from clouds. The three reliefs on the predella relate thematically to the figures above them in the main panel: on the left St. Francis is receiving the stigmata, in the middle Mary and Joseph are kneeling in adoration before the Christ Child, and on the right a figure with an apothecary’s jar and a martyr’s palm – probably St. Cosmas– is being beheaded. Cosmas was put to death during the persecution of the Christians under Diocletian.
Artist |
|
|---|---|
Download |
|
Permissions |
Free for non commercial use. See below. |
 |
This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. However - you may not use this image for commercial purposes and you may not alter the image or remove the watermark. This applies to the United States, Canada, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.
|
Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may
not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the
