Holy Trinity, fresco, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy.
Title
Holy Trinity , fresco , Santa Maria Novella , Florence , Italy .
Creator
Masaccio (Italian painter, 1401-1428)
Date
1428?
Cultural Context
European Western European Italian Florentine
Style/Period
Renaissance Early Renaissance
Subject
Murals Christianity Biblical events Crucifixions Crucifixes Crosses Death Death & burial Men Women Saints Mothers Families Fathers Spouses Couples Portraits Prayer Spiritual life Robes Beards Doves Birds Tombs & sepulchral monuments Skeletons Dead persons Inscriptions Architectural sculpture Chapels Altars Ceilings Vaults (Architecture) Barrel ceilings Coffers (Ceilings) Arches Pilasters Columns Entablatures
Description
Patrons : Lorenzo Lenzi and his wife .
People Pictured
Jesus Christ Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint John, the Apostle, Saint John, the Evangelist, Saint God
Material
Paint
Measurements
21' x 10' 5"
Technique
Painting (image-making) Fresco painting (technique) Mural painting (activity)
Inscription
"An inscription in Italian painted above the skeleton reminds spectators that 'I was once what you are, and what I am you will become.'" (Excerpt, Kleiner, p.605)
Work Type
Paintings Frescoes (paintings) Mural paintings (visual works) Murals
Repository
Santa Maria Novella (Florence, Italy)
Source
Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 11th ed. Forth Worth: Harcourt, 2001. (fig.21-13, p.604)
Rights
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: Canali Photobank, Milan; Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC 327-35.jpg
Rating
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