Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Triptych of Saint Mark
Alternate Title:
Saint Mark Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist, Jerome, Peter and Nicholas of Bari
Image View:
Overall view in situ, in the Capella Corner in the north transept
Creator:
Bartolomeo Vivarini (Italian painter, active ca. 1440-1499)
Location:
repository: Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
Location Note:
Campo dei Frari
GPS:
45.436667 12.326111
Date:
1474 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
altarpiece
Work Type 2:
panel painting
Work Type 3:
triptych
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera paint on wood panel
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
353 cm (height) x 262 cm (width)
Subjects:
saints; John, the Baptist, Saint; Mark, Saint; Nicholas, Saint, Bishop of Myra; Peter, the Apostle, Saint
Description:
Bartolomeo’s style developed to produce the powerful saints in the works of the 1470s, who, often seen from a low viewpoint, tower over the worshipper. This is seen in the paired saints in the St. Mark triptych (1474; Venice, Frari). Although still in a Late Gothic frame, this shows his style at its most advanced, with St. Mark seated on an early Renaissance throne, angels with swags and the diagonally grouped saints standing out against the sky and set in a continuous space. These saints are psychologically alive and their common mood gives unity to the altarpiece. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
6A1-VIVAR-SMF-SMT-A0 5
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Triptych of Saint Mark