Cortona Triptych

The Triptych

The Cortona Triptych is a depiction of the Madonna and Child with saints, by Fra Angelico now at the Diocesan Museum, Cortona, Italy. It dates from 1436-1437.^[1]

The triptych was originally painted for the church of San Domenico in Cortona, and belonged to the Dominicans. It was painted in Fiesole, and then shipped to Cortona, probably just before Fra Angelico painted the Perugia Altarpiece in 1437, with which this work shares many common elements.

Predella

The predella depicts the story of Saint Dominic along with other saints:

Saint Peter
The dream of Innocent III,
Saint Michael the Archangel
Resurrection of Napoleone Orsini
Saint Vincent, Martyr
Saint Dominic with the Friars, being served by the Angels and Death of St. Dominic
Saint Thomas Aquinas

The predella of the triptych

Sources

↑ Fra Angelico by Laurence B. Kanter, 2005 ISBN 1-58839-174-4 page 104

External links

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Fiesole Altarpiece (1424–1425)
San Pietro Martire Triptych (1428–1429)
Annunciation (c. 1430)
Annunciation (1430–1432)
Madonna with Child (1430–1433)
Coronation of the Virgin (c. 1432)
Deposition of Christ (1432–1434)
Tabernacle of the Linaioli (1433–1435)
Madonna of Humility (1433–1435)
Coronation of the Virgin (1434–1435)
Annunciation (before 1435)
Cortona Triptych (1436–1437)
Perugia Altarpiece (c. 1437)
The Annunciation (San Marco) (1437-1446)
Presentation at the Temple (1438–1440)
San Marco Altarpiece (1438–1443)
Frescoes in the Niccoline Chapel (1447–1449)
The Last Judgment (1425–1430)

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