Who is it? | Painter |
Birth Day | December 21, 1401 |
Birth Place | San Giovanni Valdarno, Italian |
Age | 618 YEARS OLD |
Died On | 1428 (age 26)\nRome, Papal States |
Birth Sign | Capricorn |
Known for | Painting, Fresco |
Notable work | Brancacci Chapel (Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Tribute Money) c. 1425 Pisa Altarpiece 1426 Holy Trinity c. 1427 |
Movement | Early Renaissance |
Patron(s) | Felice de Michele Brancacci ser Giuliano di Colino degli Scarsi da San Giusto |
The San Giovenale altarpiece was discovered in 1961 in the church of San Giovenale at Cascia di Reggello, very close to Masaccio's hometown. It depicts the Virgin and Child with angels in the central panel, Sts. Bartholomew and Blaise on the left panel, and Sts. Juvenal (i.e. San Giovenale) and Anthony Abbot in the right panel. The painting has lost much of its original framing, and its surface is badly abraded. Nevertheless, Masaccio's concern to suggest three-dimensionality through volumetric figures and foreshortened forms is apparent, and stands as a revival of Giotto's approach, rather than a continuation of contemporary trends.