A dossal by Giotto and his workshop : some problems of attribution, provenance and patronage

Author

Gordon, Dillian

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Burlington magazine. 1989, Num. 1037, Vol. 131, p. 524-531, 16 ill.

ISSN

0007-6287

Abstract (en)

On the recently cleaned Pentecost attributed to Giotto in the National Gallery, London, and the six dispersed scenes associated with it: Nativity and Epiphany (New York, Metropolitan Museum); Presentation (Boston, Gardner Museum); Entombment (Florence, Villa I Tatti); and three panels in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Concludes on the basis of technical evidence that these constituted a single horizontal altarpiece in dossal format. Notes Riminese aspects of the design and iconography, and suggests that the work may have been commissioned from Giotto by Malatesta da Verucchio in 1311/12 for the high altar of S. Francesco in Rimini.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Giotto di Bondone, ca.1266-1337
• Painting
• Italy
• 1300-1400
• National Gallery||London (GBR)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum||Boston (MA, USA)
• Alte Pinakothek||München (DEU)
• Villa I Tatti (Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies)||Firenze (ITA)
• Pentecost
• Epiphany
• Presentation in the Temple
• Entombment
• Reconstruction [hypothetical]
• Tempio Malatestiano||Rimini (ITA)
• Conservation
• Malatesta da Verucchio, act.1247, d.1312
• Commissions

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Giotto di Bondone, v.1266-1337
• Peinture
• Italie
• 1300-1400
• National Gallery||London (GBR)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum||Boston (MA, USA)
• Alte Pinakothek||München (DEU)
• Villa I Tatti (Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies)||Firenze (ITA)
• La Pentecôte
• Epiphanie
• La Présentation au Temple
• Mise au tombeau
• Restitution intellectuelle
• Tempio Malatestiano||Rimini (ITA)
• Conservation
• Malatesta da Verucchio, act.1247, m.1312
• Commande d'oeuvre d'art

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00454317

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